Metohija

BELGRADE - The head of the Serbian government Office for Kosovo-Metohija Petar Petkovic said on Wednesday he had had a very productive and constructive discussion with ambassadors of EU member states at the seat of the EU Delegation to Serbia about a unilateral decision by Pristina's PM Albin Kurti to abolish the Serbian dinar in Kosovo-Metohija.

BELGRADE - The head of the Serbian government Office for Kosovo-Metohija Petar Petkovic met with the UK's Ambassador to Belgrade Edward Ferguson on Tuesday and noted that, on a daily basis, Serbs in Kosovo-Metohija faced political disenfranchisement, constant attacks and attempts to subjugate them to Pristina through violence and non-democratic means.

BELGRADE - The head of the Serbian government Office for Kosovo-Metohija Petar Petkovic met with German Ambassador to Belgrade Anke Konrad on Friday to inform her of the position of Serbs in Kosovo-Metohija and noted that, through a series of unilateral moves, Pristina was continuously threatening stability on the ground and the fundamental human rights of Serbs in the province.

BELGRADE - The head of the Serbian government Office for Kosovo-Metohija Petar Petkovic said on Friday an attempt to stop payment transactions with central Serbia was one of the gravest decisions by Pristina and its PM Albin Kurti and was aimed at expelling Serbs from Kosovo-Metohija, and noted that Pristina was using the euro illegally and wanted to abolish the Serbian dinar, the only legal cu

BELGRADE - Pristina's termination of payment transactions with central Serbia is perhaps the biggest threat to the survival of Kosovo-Metohija Serbs yet, head of the Serbian parliamentary committee on Kosovo-Metohija Milovan Drecun told Tanjug in a comment on a decision by Pristina to make the euro the only currency for cash transactions and payment transactions.

BELGRADE - The head of the Serbian government Office for Kosovo-Metohija Petar Petkovic said on Friday Pristina PM Albin Kurti's "ideology of evil" must stop for the region, the shared home of Serbs and Albanians, to have a chance to develop.

BELGRADE - Serbian Minister of Information and Telecommunications Mihailo Jovanovic on Thursday condemned in the strongest terms a decision by Pristina to deny entry to Kosovo-Metohija to a Tanjug reporter who was to report on Patriarch Porfirije's Christmas visit to Serbian holy sites in Kosovo-Metohija.

MERDARE - Tanjug reporter Andjelko Utjesanovic was denied entry to Kosovo-Metohija by the so-called Kosovo Police at the Merdare administrative crossing on Wednesday afternoon.

Utjesanovic was to report on Serbian Patriarch Porfirije's visit to Serbian holy sites in Kosovo-Metohija.

BELGRADE - The head of the Serbian government Office for Kosovo-Metohija Petar Petkovic said on Thursday Pristina's usurpation of the Rajska banja spa complex near Zvecan was a sheer robbery of private property owned by the Serbian Orthodox Church.

BELGRADE - In 2024, Serbia will continue to pursue an independent and responsible foreign policy in line with national interests and build new and cherish old friendships, and our fundamental goal will be the preservation of the sovereignty and integrity of the country, FM Ivica Dacic said on Wednesday.