Pristina

BELGRADE - The Serbian government has sent a letter to Brussels explaining all the harmful consequences of the Kosovo Assembly decision on the Trepca mining complex, Politika reports.

It was the first step relying on legal and political instruments and democratic, parliamentary and extra-parliamentary methods aimed at protecting Serbia's property in Kosovo, the daily reported.

SENTA - Serbia will continue the discussions with Pristina on the agreement on telecommunications and try to improve the situation, PM Aleksandar Vucic said Thursday.

"We will have many more contacts, we will talk to everyone, and try to see if there is anything we can improve or everything is set in stone, in layman's terms," Vucic told reporters in Senta, northern Serbia.

BELGRADE - Serbia is a strong partner of the Council of Europe (CoE) in tackling many problems, in particular as regards regional stability and the migrant crisis, Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic and the President of the CoE Parliamentary Assembly Pedro Agramunt said after a meeting on Tuesday.

BELGRADE - Serbia has made major progress on its EU path, as confirmed by the opening of negotiation chapters 23 and 24 on judicial reforms and fundamental and minority rights, and the Council of Europe (CoE) is ready to help it achieve the strategic goal of EU membership, President of the CoE Parliamentary Assembly Pedro Agramunt said in the Serbian parliament Tuesday.

SENTA - Serbia will continue the discussions with Pristina on the agreement on telecommunications and try to improve the situation, PM Aleksandar Vucic said Thursday.

"We will have many more contacts, we will talk to everyone, and try to see if there is anything we can improve or everything is set in stone, in layman's terms," Vucic told reporters in Senta, northern Serbia.

GENEVA/BELGRADE/PRISTINA - UN Special Rapporteur in the field of cultural rights Karima Bennoune will visit Serbia, including Kosovo, on October 3-14 to assess efforts in implementing the rights of all to access to cultural life and cultural heritage, with particular focus on destruction of heritage in the past and present, the UN has announced.

TUTIN - The head of the Serbian government Office for Kosovo-Metohija Marko Djuric said Monday he would visit the Serb communities in Kosovo-Metohija this week and that no one would keep him from doing so.

BELGRADE - Serbia has been faced with a difficult and serious ultimatum when it comes to Kosovo and Metohija - it is asked to renounce the property of Telekom Srbija in the province, said the Director of the Office for Kosovo and Metohija Marko Djuric, adding that Belgrade should decide until Sunday whether it accepts or not the "grotesque draft agreement on telecommunications".

PRISTINA - Recently renovated and cleaned cemetery chapel in Pristina was turned into a public restroom and garbage dump, and several orthodox graves are overgrown with weeds, said the Dioceses of Raska and Prizren.

BRUSSELS - Belgrade has not agreed to establishment of "telecommunication enclaves" for Kosovo Serbs, the head of the Serbian government Office for Kosovo-Metohija, Marko Djuric, said Friday after the Belgrade and Pristina delegations had failed to reach a deal on the implementation of an agreement on telecommunications following days of talks in Brussels.