Milovan Drecun

BELGRADE - The 2017 budget bill envisions setting aside over 5 bln dinars for Kosovo-Metohija, which is an indication of Serbia's continued presence in Kosovo-Metohija, says Milovan Drecun, chairman of the parliamentary committee on Kosovo-Metohija.

BELGRADE - The 2017 budget bill envisions setting aside over 5 bln dinars for Kosovo-Metohija, which is an indication of Serbia's continued presence in Kosovo-Metohija, says Milovan Drecun, chairman of the parliamentary committee on Kosovo-Metohija.

The 2017 Serbian budget bill envisions setting aside over 5 billion Serbian dinars (40.5 million euros) for Kosovo and Metohija, Milovan Drecun said on Friday.

According to the chairman of the Serbian National Assembly's Committee on Kosovo, this is "indication of Serbia's continued presence in Kosovo and Metohija."

BELGRADE - Implementation of the Belgrade-Pristina agreement on the judiciary means that Serb judges and prosecutors will now participate in the work of judicial institutions in Kosovo-Metohija, which significantly boosts the chances of proceedings being based on law, rather than ethnicity, says Milovan Drecun, chairman of the Serbian parliamentary committee on Kosovo-Metohija.

Implementation of the agreement on the judiciary means that Serb judges and prosecutors will now participate in the work of judicial institutions in Kosovo.

BELGRADE - Pristina has made an attempt to change the agreement on telecommunications, but Brussels reacted very firmly, making it clear that what has been agreed cannot be changed, says Milovan Drecun, head of the Serbian parliamentary committee on Kosovo-Metohija.

Milovan Drecun confirmed on Friday that representatives of Pristina this week attempted to introduce changes to the agreement on telecommunications.

BELGRADE - President of the Parliamentary Committee for Kosovo and Metohija Milovan Drecun said today, based on the information that no new chapters will be opened in October in negotiations between Serbia and EU, that Brussels should define what exactly it wants from Serbia.

MPs of opposition parties urged the President of the parliamentary Committee for Kosovo and Metohija Milovan Drecun to convene a session as soon as possible.

They are also requesting the Director of the Office for Kosovo and Metohija Marko Đurić to be present.

Milovan Drecun says "the team of PM Aleksandar Vucic, led by Marko Djuric" in the technical Kosovo talks "achieved a great diplomatic victory in Brussels."