Independence of Kosovo

Ashton: Kosovo dialogue example to region

BRUSSELS -- EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Catherine Ashton commended on Thursday participants of the Belgrade-Priština dialogue.

According to her, they are "an example to the entire region of the Western Balkans."

Serbia's policy on Kosovo "won't change"

GRAČANICA -- Serbia's Minister without Portfolio in charge of Kosovo Aleksandar Vulin said on Thursday the country's policy on Kosovo "would not change."

"The policy on Kosovo will not change. We will not recognize Kosovo as a country," he said in the Serb enclave of Gračanica.

GRACANICA - Serbia's Minister without Portfolio in charge of Kosovo Aleksandar Vulin said on Thursday the policy on Kosovo would not change.

"The policy on Kosovo will not change. We will not recognize Kosovo as a country," he said in Gracanica.

BELGRADE - Russian Ambassador to Serbia Alexander Chepurin noted on Thursday that Serbia had the right reaction to the events in Crimea with no adverse effects on Belgrade-Moscow relations.

BRUSSELS - EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Catherine Ashton commended on Thursday participants of the Belgrade-Pristina dialogue, saying they are an example to the entire region of the Western Balkans.

BRUSSELS - EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Catherine Ashton commended on Thursday participants of the Belgrade-Pristina dialogue, saying they are an example to the entire region of the Western Balkans.

GRACANICA - The administrations of all ten Serb-majority municipalities in Kosovo-Metohija stopped work for 30 minutes on Thursday in protest against plans for the Kosovo assembly to adopt a bill on general elections.

Russia satisfied with Serbian position - ambassador

BELGRADE -- Russian Ambassador Aleksandr Chepurin says Serbia's response to the events in Crimea was proper, and did not harm relations between Belgrade and Moscow.

BELGRADE - The establishment of the Kosovo army would mean rearmament of members of the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA), which carried out terrorist actions during the war in Kosovo, Czech President Milos Zeman stated.

BELGRADE - Serbian Deputy Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic has announced the adoption of a constitutional law that will define fundamental autonomy for Kosovo-Metohija (KiM).