Political status of Kosovo

Serbia will never recognize Kosovo, Serbian Ambassador to Albania Miroljub Zaric has said.

He made the statement during his visit to Shkoder for Orthodox Christmas last Sunday, and said that "Kosovo is Serbia."

BELGRADE - The Association of Families of Kidnapped and Missing Persons in Kosovo-Metohija on Tuesday called for making the issue of Serbs kidnapped and missing in Kosovo-Metohija the primary subject of the Brussels dialogue.

It should be the number one subject in 2018, the association said in a statement.

"We are deeply concerned by ongoing efforts to undermine the work of the Specialist Chambers, as well as by the December 29 presidential pardons of three individuals convicted of murder in the so-called 'Hajra Family Case'," a joint statement said, and added:

Serbian and Russian presidents Aleksandar Vucic and Vladimir Putin have reached agreement on the most important points in relations between the two countries.

The Belgrade-based daily Vecernje Novosti is reporting this on Thursday, referring to the talks in the Kremlin on Tuesday.

The Belgrade-based daily Vecernje Novosti is reporting this on Thursday, referring to the talks in the Kremlin on Tuesday.

According to the newspaper, the most important of the four points is that, if the United States joins the Kosovo dialogue, so will Russia.

"I'll recall that over 900 factories owned by the Serbian state have been seized in the process of the plundering privatization in Kosovo and Metohija, for which neither the Serbs in Kosovo, nor the Serbian state, have been paid a single dinar," the director of the Office for Kosovo and Metohija said on Monday, Beta reported.

Speaking at the Pasuljanske Livade Range, where he attend the Serbian Army's Zima 2017 (Winter 2017) exercise, Vulin added that any other outcome would represent "a serious security problem for the whole region."

Reacting to Kosovo Prime Minister Ramush Haradinaj's statement that "the Kosovo Army" would be established "by March," Vulin recalled that this was Haradinaj's "old wish."

BRUSSELS - KFOR is staying in Kosovo, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said on Tuesday.

"We do not have any plans to leave Kosovo. KFOR plays an important role to help to create security and stability in Kosovo," Stoltenberg told a press conference.

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NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said in Brussels that NATO is not considering withdrawing KFOR from Kosovo due to the current situation on the ground.

KFOR plays an important role for security and stability in Kosovo, and the NATO mission there means that any reduction in the number of troop would be based on the existing situation on the ground, he said.

KFOR plays an important role for security and stability in Kosovo, and the NATO mission there means that any reduction in the number of troop would be based on the existing situation on the ground, he said.