Metohija Serbs

BELGRADE - Serbian FM Marko Djuric spoke by phone with Austrian counterpart Alexander Schallenberg on Tuesday to inform him of the current state of affairs in the Belgrade-Pristina dialogue and the worrying position of Kosovo-Metohija Serbs, who he noted faced pressure and coercion by Pristina and unbearable living conditions created through Pristina's unilateral acts.

According to Tanjug, which carried a press release issued by Vucic's office, the president asked for help in finding a lasting and sustainable solution for Kosovo and Metohija.

Vucic thanked Trump for the US help on Serbia's EU membership road, and "especially to our efforts to maintain peace and stability in the Western Balkans."

KOSOVSKA MITROVICA - Over 60 buses carrying Kosovo-Metohija Serbs who were on their way to Leposavic to attend a rally in support of presidential candidate Aleksandar Vucic were on Wednesday blocked on several locations south of the Ibar River.

The Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) provincial committee told Tanjug around 3,000 people had been unable to reach Leposavic.

KRAGUJEVAC - Commenting on Wednesday's stoning of buses carrying Kosovo-Metohija Serbs who wanted to attend a Serbian Progressive Party election rally in Leposavic, nothern Kosovo, Serbian PM Aleksandar Vucic said the "welcome" had apparently been prepared for him.

BELGRADE - I am absolutely confident that I will prove my innocence, but until then I must pay a steep price, says Oliver Ivanovic, one of the leaders of northern Kosovo-Metohija Serbs, who has been held in detention by the Kosovo authorities for nearly six months.