Pristina

NEW YORK - Serbian PM Ana Brnabic said in the UN Security Council on Monday evening the interim authorities in Pristina were carrying out a campaign of systematic violence and denial of the fundamental rights of Serbs in Kosovo and Metohija.

BRUSSELS - The EU special envoy for the Belgrade-Pristina dialogue Miroslav Lajcak said that, during last weekend's visits to Belgrade and Pristina, a "big five" of Western envoys had expressed the expectation the parties would meet the obligations from the dialogue, and noted that any delays or conditions would be unacceptable.

The fact that the "big five" came to Pristina and Belgrade means that we are further from the status quo and that we are getting closer to either peace or war, says Professor Nejmedin Spahiu.

PRISTINA - A Pristina court announced on Friday Serb Dejan Pantic, a former officer of the so-called Kosovo Police, had been released from house custody on a 30,000 euro bail.

A court spokesperson said that, after rejecting a petition to extend Pantic's custody, the court had granted a request to replace the house custody measure with bail, Pristina-based Reporteri said.

BRUSSELS - The EU special envoy for the Belgrade-Pristina dialogue Miroslav Lajcak will travel to Belgrade and Pristina on October 21 with the foreign policy and security advisers of the French president, the German chancellor and the Italian PM - Emmanuel Bonne, Jens Plattner and Francesco Tallo - and US special Western Balkans envoy Gabriel Escobar for meetings with Serbian President Aleksand

BEIJING - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said on Monday dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina was important even though it was clear Pristina's PM Albin Kurti wanted no dialogue.

BRUSSELS - Serbian Minister of Internal and External Trade Tomislav Momirovic met with EU Enlargement Commissioner Oliver Varhelyi in Brussels on Thursday to discuss several important topics, including Pristina's ban on trade in goods from central Serbia.

BELGRADE - The Serbian government Office for Kosovo-Metohija said on Tuesday the so-called Kosovo Police had arrested a Kosovo-Metohija Serb at the Merdare administrative crossing this afternoon without any explanation whatsoever and taken him to Pristina.

BELGRADE - Serbian PM Ana Brnabic said on Friday President Aleksandar Vucic had succeeded in averting the danger of sanctions against Serbia, debated in the international community in the wake of the September 24 incident in Banjska, a village in the north of Kosovo-Metohija.

Brnabic said this after Vucic attended a European Political Community summit in Granada on Thursday.

GRANADA - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said in Granada on Thursday he had not spoken with Pristina's representatives during the European Political Community summit and added that they did not want to talk anyway.