Independence of Kosovo

BRUSSELS - Even though people in Brussels know which side is blocking progress in the EU-facilitated Belgrade-Pristina dialogue, they "would never say that publicly," Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic has told Brussels-based internet portal Politico.eu.

"The EU and the Americans agree with us," Vucic said in an interview.

BRUSSELS - The EU special envoy for the Belgrade-Pristina dialogue Miroslav Lajcak says the last two weeks were a "whirlwind of diplomatic efforts" focused on progress in normalisation of Belgrade-Pristina relations and that the dialogue was the "primary focus" in the period.

BRUSSELS - No trilateral meeting was held in Tuesday's round of the EU-facilitated Belgrade-Pristina dialogue in Brussels after Pristina rejected the meeting in spite of Belgrade's insistence on it being held, a source in Belgrade's delegation told Tanjug.

BELGRADE - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic on Friday outlined Serbia's demands and moves regarding the situation in Kosovo-Metohija, divided into five areas.

BELGRADE - The situation in Kosovo-Metohija is worse than ever and deteriorating further every day and Serbs in the province live in conditions similar to apartheid, says Igor Simic, a senior official of Srpska lista, a political organisation of Kosovo-Metohija Serbs.

KOSOVSKA MITROVICA - Serbian Democracy leader Aleksandar Arsenijevic was arrested by Pristina's police in northern Kosovska Mitrovica on Tuesday, Tanjug's correspondent reported.

The so-called Kosovo Police has still not confirmed the reasons for the arrest.

BELGRADE - The EU special envoy for the Belgrade-Pristina dialogue Miroslav Lajcak said on Tuesday that, at a meeting in Belgrade earlier in the day, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic had raised "strong concerns" over the situation of Serbs in Kosovo-Metohija.

ST PETERSBURG - Serbian Deputy PM Aleksandar Vulin met with South African Presidency Minister and National Security Adviser Khumbudzo Ntshavheni in St Petersburg on Tuesday.

BELGRADE - The head of the Serbian government Office for Kosovo-Metohija Petar Petkovic received Cypriot special envoy for southeastern Europe Kyriakos Hadjiyianni, who is also vice-president of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, to inform him of Pristina's daily violence and terror against Serbs in Kosovo-Metohija and, in particular, of its most recent unilateral and illegal moves that are threa

Kosovo police prevented Kosovo Serbs from accessing their workplaces in front of the Mitrovica municipality building, which was forcefully closed on Friday, according to Tanjug. Kosovo Serbs gathered outside the building, seeking entry to their offices, but were blocked by police, who had arrived with jeeps.