International Court of Justice advisory opinion on Kosovo's declaration of independence

Ukraine "cannot ask Serbia to impose sanctions"

BELGRADE -- Ukraine cannot ask Serbia to impose sanctions on Russia "due to the fact that it is not a member of the EU," says Ukrainian diplomat Oleksandr Kirichenko.

"Kosovo precedent created new hotspots"

NEW YORK -- President Tomislav Nikolić says the Kosovo precedent marked the beginning of an era of inconsistent application of international law.

and created new hotspots in the world.

NEW YORK - Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic said at a meeting of the UN Security Council on Tuesday the Kosovo precedent had marked the beginning of an era of inconsistent application of international law and created new hotspots in the world.

President to attend UNSC meeting on Tuesday

BELGRADE -- Serbian President Tomislav Nikolić will attend a meeting on Kosovo and Metohija at the UN Security Council (UNSC) in New York on Tuesday.

This is according to the president's media relations office, which issued a statement on Sunday.

BELGRADE – The Kosovo parliament declared the independence of Kosovo from Serbia in a legitimate democratic process under UN administration, after all other options were exhausted, the U.S. Embassy in Belgrade said Friday in a comment on a recent statement by U.S. President Barack Obama that an independence referendum took place in Kosovo in 2008.

"Crimea legally declares independence, Kosovo was illegal"

BANJA LUKA -- President of the Serb Republic, RS, Milorad Dodik stated in Banja Luka that "no parallels can be drawn between the situation in Kosovo and that in Crimea."

"NATO opened Pandora's box in Kosovo"

BERLIN -- German MP Gregor Gysi said in the country's parliament on Thursday that "NATO and the EU are partially responsible for the current situation in Ukraine."

This is because of the policy they pursued in previous years, the leader of the left-wing political party The Left noted.