Municipalities of Kosovo

'It is a critical question. We support the dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina under the mediation of the EU, we appreciate the mediation efforts of Josep Borrell and Miroslav Lajak,'' he said and added that the so-called Kosovo and Serbia took a crucial step by signing the Brussels Agreement.

The European Union on Monday criticised the elections held on Sunday in mainly Serbian north Kosovo, saying the very low turnout meant they offered no "long-term solution" to the crisis in the north.

BRUSSELS - The EU special envoy for the Belgrade-Pristina dialogue Miroslav Lajcak has announced that the first draft statute of a Community of Serb Municipalities in Kosovo-Metohija and the issue of missing persons would be the main topics of a Brussels meeting between Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic and Pristina's PM Albin Kurti slated for May 2.

BELGRADE - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said Sunday's local elections held by Pristina in four majority-Serb municipalities in the north of Kosovo-Metohija were not only an unequivocal defeat for Albin Kurti and his regime but also signalled tectonic changes in the province.

Just to recall that 1,566 Albanians and 13 Serbs took part in the special elections in four municipalities in the north of Kosovo and Metohija, said the director of the Office for Kosovo and Metohija, Petar Petkovi. Petkovi specified that in the north of Kosovska Mitrovica, two persons of Serbian nationality voted, seven in Leposavic, four in Zvean, and none in Zubin Potok.

"Based on the reliable data that we have, I would announce the results. The elections were anti-democratic, they were held in containers, they were guarded by the police, they tried to force the Serbian people to vote," he said.

DUBLIN - Serbian PM Ana Brnabic said on Friday local elections to be held by Pristina in four Serb-majority municipalities in the north of Kosovo-Metohija on Sunday were the "final twilight of democracy."

PARIS - Pressure from the international community will be crucial for making the Pristina authorities meet their obligations and establish a Community of Serb Municipalities, Serbian FM Ivica Dacic said after a meeting with French FM Catherine Colonna in Paris on Thursday.

BELGRADE - Serbian FM Ivica Dacic said on Wednesday Belgrade wanted the establishment of a Community of Serb Municipalities in Kosovo-Metohija to be the first, the decisive and the defining step for implementation of an EU proposal on normalisation of Belgrade-Pristina relations.

BELGRADE - Serbian FM Ivica Dacic said on Wednesday the Brussels Agreement was Belgrade's greatest political achievement since 1999 and UN SC Resolution 1244, and something tangible Serbia had attained for Kosovo-Metohija Serbs.