Hasim Taci

BELGRADE - Serbian PM Aleksandar Vucic said Monday he did not have excessive expectations from Tuesday's resumption of the Belgrade-Pristina dialogue in Brussels, but that he was hoping for clear messages from the EU regarding bringing weapons and equipment where they did not belong.

ANTANANARIVO - Serbian FM Ivica Dacic said Wednesday he had launched resolute diplomatic activities aimed at preventing further recognitions of Kosovo-Metohija with a series of bilateral meetings in the Madagascan capital Antananarivo, where he is attending a summit of the International Organisation of La Francophonie.

BELGRADE - Serbian Deputy PM and FM Ivica Dacic will attend the November 22-26 Summit of the International Organisation of La Francophonie in Madagascar, also expected to be attended by Kosovo President Hasim Taci.

BRUSSELS - The steering team for the establishment of the Community of Serb Municipalities in Kosovo-Metohija is set to be unveiled in Brussels on Thursday.

Diplomatic sources in Brussels have told Tanjug the steering team would publicly announce that Kosovo's PM Isa Mustafa and President Hasim Taci had ordered an urgent start of work on the Community's statute and establishment.

BELGRADE - Pope Francis should visit Belgrade and Pristina within the next year, the Belgrade-based Danas daily reported on Wednesday, quoting unofficial Western diplomatic sources.

BELGRADE - Pope Francis should visit Belgrade and Pristina within the next year, the Belgrade-based Danas daily reported on Wednesday, quoting unofficial Western diplomatic sources.

BELGRADE - The EU member states on Wednesday reached an agreement in principle to extend the Eulex mandate by at least two years, Pristina's Koha ditore paper reported on Thursday, citing diplomatic sources.

BELGRADE - The President of the Czech Republic Milos Zeman has said that he does not believe that Serbia needs to recognise the unilaterally declared independence of Kosovo to become a full member of the European Union.

PRISTINA - Setting up of a new special tribunal to deal with allegations of war crimes committed by the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) is for the benefit of future generations in Kosovo, German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier said in Pristina.

BELGRADE - European Parliament (EP) rapporteur for Kosovo Ulrike Lunacek said Friday that there was "someone" who was very clearly showing interest in the crimes committed against Serbs in Kosovo.