Community of Serb Municipalities

KOSOVSKA MITROVICA - Several thousand Kosovo-Metohija Serbs held a peaceful protest in the north of Kosovska Mitrovica on Wednesday over Pristina's announcement the town's main bridge on the Ibar River would be opened to traffic.

BELGRADE - The head of the Serbian government Office for Kosovo-Metohija Petar Petkovic received a farewell visit from the OSCE Ambassador in Kosovo-Metohija Michael Davenport on Wednesday.

Petkovic took the opportunity to highlight the political and security problems faced by Kosovo-Metohija Serbs on a daily basis, which he said posed a direct threat to their future.

BELGRADE - The head of the Serbian government Office for Kosovo-Metohija Petar Petkovic said on Wednesday Pristina was killing the dialogue with Belgrade and that Pristina's chief negotiator Besnik Bislimi had refused to discuss all topics during Tuesday's round of dialogue in Brussels.

BRUSSELS - The head of the Serbian government Office for Kosovo-Metohija Petar Petkovic said on Tuesday evening Pristina had shown it was not ready for normalisation of relations with Belgrade and further discussions in technical dialogue.

BELGRADE - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic met on Friday in Belgrade with German special Western Balkans envoy Manuel Sarrazin to discuss the situation in the region, unfulfilled agreements from the Belgrade-Pristina dialogue - above all, those related to the safety of Serbs in Kosovo-Metohija and the establishment of a Community of Serb Municipalities - the continuation of Serbia's EU path

BELGRADE - The director of the Serbian government Office for Kosovo-Metohija Petar Petkovic said on Monday the establishment of a Community of Serb Municipalities was the backbone of the Brussels Agreement and that Pristina had rejected Belgrade's constructive proposal of a draft statute of the Community.

BELGRADE - At a meeting with ambassadors and representatives of Quint states and the head of the EU Delegation to Belgrade, the director of the Serbian government Office for Kosovo-Metohija Petar Petkovic conveyed Belgrade's clear message that a Community of Serb Municipalities, which is 11 years overdue, must be established in Kosovo-Metohija.

BELGRADE - The UK's Ambassador to Serbia Edward Ferguson told Tanjug on Friday a Community of Serb Municipalities should be established as soon as possible as it was an important part of dialogue and normalisation of Belgrade-Pristina relations.

NEW YORK - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said in the UN Security Council on Monday the Serbs had met all the difficult obligations from the Brussels Agreement with Pristina but that, after 11 years, the establishment of a Community of Serb Municipalities was "not even on the horizon."

BELGRADE - The director of the Serbian government Office for Kosovo-Metohija Petar Petkovic met with ambassadors and representatives of the Quint member states and the head of the EU Delegation to Serbia on Friday to inform them in detail of Thursday's Brussels meeting of chief negotiators in the Belgrade-Pristina dialogue, noting that, for 11 years to the day, Pristina had been refusing to est