Municipalities of Kosovo

BELGRADE - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said on Friday Pristina must make concessions to ensure Serbs in the north of Kosovo-Metohija participate in new elections there.

"Serbs (in the north of Kosovo-Metohija) are always ready to talk, but you have to offer them something," Vucic told Reuters in an interview.

ZVECAN - The night passed calmly in Zvecan, a Serb-majority municipality in the north of Kosovo-Metohija and, in the morning, local Serbs continued a peaceful protest that began at the end of May.

The protesters, who have been gathering in front of a cordon of Kfor troops every day, said they would not end the protest until their demands were met.

Albania's Prime Minister Edi Rama said on Thursday that he has sent a proposal to France's President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz for the statute of the Association of Serb-Majority Municipalities in Kosovo - a move that was not well-received by the Pristina authorities.

Last night, together with Miroslav Lajak, he met with the President of Serbia, Aleksandar Vui, and the previous day he was in Pristina with the EU's special envoy for dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina.

In an attempt to find a solution to the crisis in the north of Kosovo, after Pristina, European and American envoys Miroslav Lajak and Gabriel Escobar are arriving in Belgrade tonight.
Until late last night, they talked with the prime minister of the temporary institutions of Pristina, Albin Kurti, and, as they announced, presented three demands of the international community.

BELGRADE - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic on Monday received Peter Beyer, an MP of the German Bundestag and a member of the house's foreign affairs committee, and thanked him for his efforts to familiarise himself in more detail with the latest developments in Kosovo-Metohija.

BELGRADE - The head of the Serbian parliamentary committee on Kosovo-Metohija Milovan Drecun said on Friday Serbs in the north of the province were determined to end Pristina's terror and would continue to protest until the present situation was resolved.

He said leading Western states had stepped up diplomatic activities to de-escalate the crisis and resume dialogue.

CHISINAU - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic met on Thursday in Chisinau with EU foreign policy and security chief Josep Borrell, noting that a return to dialogue by Pristina institutions and putting an end to their violence were a priority.

Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic told media on Thursday that he had "begged" locals in the north of Kosovo, protesting for the fourth day in a row in front of municipal buildings in the Serb-dominated area, "in their determination to persevere in the fight for law and justice, to do so always, above all, in relation to KFOR, in a peaceful way".

BELGRADE - Serbian FM Ivica Dacic said on Thursday the Serbian leadership had reacted "sternly, swiftly and well" to complex developments in the north of Kosovo-Metohija.

He said restoring the situation from before the recent local elections held by Pristina in the north of the province was the only way of de-escalation.