Independence of Kosovo

SOFIA - The Serbian parliamentary delegation to the NATO Parliamentary Assembly said the organisation's decision on Monday to grant associate membership status to the so-called Kosovo assembly was a dangerous precedent that would further worsen the living conditions for Serbs in Kosovo-Metohija.

SOFIA - The Serbian parliamentary delegation to the NATO Parliamentary Assembly said the organisation's decision on Monday to grant associate membership status to the so-called Kosovo assembly was a dangerous precedent that would further worsen the living conditions for Serbs in Kosovo-Metohija.

BELGRADE - In a letter to Brussels's special envoy for the Belgrade-Pristina dialogue Miroslav Lajcak, the director of the Serbian government Office for Kosovo-Metohija Petar Petkovic informed the EU official of Pristina's recent police raid on the offices of Serbia's Postal Savings Bank in four municipalities in the north of Kosovo-Metohija.

BRUSSELS - The EU noted with concern Monday's "Kosovo Police" operation at the offices of the Serbian Postal Savings Bank in the north of Kosovo-Metohija.

BELGRADE  - The head of the Serbian government Office for Kosovo-Metohija Petar Petkovic said a "Kosovo Police" raid on branch offices of Serbia's Postal Savings Bank in the north of Kosovo-Metohija on Monday was an escalatory move by Pristina aimed at causing chaos and unrest and abolishing Serbian institutions in Kosovo-Metohija and that Belgrade would inform all international representatives

BRUSSELS - The EU special envoy for the Belgrade-Pristina dialogue Miroslav Lajcak said on Sunday evening he saw last week's Brussels meeting with the chief negotiators of Belgrade and Pristina as the final round of discussions on the dinar issue but reiterated he was ready to host another meeting on this if the parties demonstrated "genuine willingness to reach an agreement."

BRUSSELS - The EU special envoy for the Belgrade-Pristina dialogue Miroslav Lajcak said on Sunday evening he saw last week's Brussels meeting with the chief negotiators of Belgrade and Pristina as the final round of discussions on the dinar issue but reiterated he was ready to host another meeting on this if the parties demonstrated "genuine willingness to reach an agreement."

BELGRADE - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic spoke by phone with Georgian PM Irakli Kobahidze about all challenges facing Serbia in the regional and international arenas, matters of significance for Serbia-Georgia relations as well as further development of political and economic relations and introducing direct flights between Belgrade and Tbilisi.

BRUSSELS - EU spokesperson Peter Stano announced on Monday a new round of Belgrade-Pristina dialogue on finding a solution regarding Pristina's decision to ban the Serbian dinar in Kosovo-Metohija would take place in Brussels on Wednesday at chief negotiator level.

"The EU expects both parties to show flexibility and readiness to reach a compromise," Stano said at a press briefing.

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."