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Stoltenberg said that NATO has never forced any country to join NATO, and in that sense he especially pointed out that NATO strongly supports and respects Serbia's decision not to join the Alliance.

Valentina Petrovic apologised and pulled out of the Miss Intercontinental beauty pageant on Tuesday after Serbian media reacted furiously to a photograph of her with other contestants from Kosovo, Montenegro and Albania making hand gestures in the shape of double-headed eagles was published on Instagram.

The meeting was also attended by the Minister of Mining and Energy Zorana Mihajlovi, as well as the Director of the Office for Kosovo and Metohija Petar Petkovi, and his predecessor and appointed Ambassador of Serbia to the USA Marko Djuri.

The president emphasized that this particularly refers to our interests in Kosovo and Metohija, as well as throughout the region.

This has been announced by the state secretary in the Ministry of Economy, Branimir Stojanovic, who spoke for RTS on the occasion of the recent, for the first time organized placement of products from Kosovo and Metohija in central Serbia.

On the occasion of the announcement of the Serbian Orthodox Church (SPC) Assembly's announcement, that at no cost should the question of full sovereignty and integrity of Serbia in Kosovo and Metohija be put under a question mark, Vucic said that sovereignty is guarded by territory and people, and asked what of that Serbia has in Kosovo.

On the eve of participating in an inter-religion conference in Astana, Kazakhstan, the Serbian president told reporters that the president of Kazakhstan is organizing this gathering for the sixth time in order to contribute to moving various traditional churches closer together.

Serbian nationalists opposed to an agreement with Kosovo have launched a call for a referendum on the issue, called "People's Initiative Stand up for Kosovo".

Those behind the initiative want to block any moves towards a legally binding agreement between Serbia and its former province.

In order to become an EU member state Serbia apparently would have to recognize Kosovo's independence and impose sanctions against Russia.

Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic has publicly announced that these demands will soon be publicly declared by EU authorities as the official conditions for Serbia's membership in the Union, according to Radio Television of Serbia.

Community of Serb municipalities "in 3 to 5 months"

BELGRADE -- The community of Serb municipalities will be formed "in the next three to five months," says Director of the Government Office for Kosovo Marko Djuric.