Kosovo–Serbia relations

BELGRADE - U.S. Ambassador in Belgrade Michael Kirby said on Monday that currently there are more important issues to be addressed than those related to property in Kosovo, and noted that the implementation of the agreements reached in 2014 should be a priority in the further dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina.

"U.S. responsible" for wave of Kosovo "refugees"

VIENNA -- "A wave of refugees from Kosovo, currently a problem for Western Europe, proves the secession of Kosovo from Serbia and its hasty recognition was a mistake."

That is according to Johann Gudenus, vice chairman of the Freedom Party of Austria (FPO).

VIENNA - A wave of refugees from Kosovo, which currently poses a problem for Western Europe, proves that the secession of Kosovo from Serbia and its hasty recognition was a mistake, said Johann Gudenus, vice chairman of the Freedom Party of Austria (FPO).

Kosovo is not a war or crisis region, yet several thousand people from the area are at the Austrian borders, said Gudenus.

"Serbia has ways to respond" to property issues

BELGRADE -- Zeljko Sertic has said that the Serbian government will not allow the government of Kosovo to, with any act, violate the principle of ownership over property.

Migrants from Kosovo "find new route" in bid to reach EU

PRISTINA -- Ethnic Albanians continue to leave Kosovo in great numbers even after their departure via Merdare has been prevented.

Buses carrying immigrants headed for Hungary and on to other EU countries are no longer allowed to go via this administrative line crossing, located between Kosovo and central Serbia.

Belgrade-Pristina talks to resume in Brussels

BELGRADE -- Government officials from Belgrade and Pristina will on Monday resume the Kosovo dialogue and consider how to implement previous agreements.

BELGRADE - Director of the Serbian government Office for Kosovo-Metohija (KiM) Marko Djuric met with Hungarian Ambassador to Serbia Attila Pinter to discuss the support of Hungary to Serbia's EU integration and the continuation of the Belgrade-Pristina dialogue.

NEW YORK - Serbian Minister of Foreign Affairs Ivica Dacic said on Friday that Serbia expects the political vacuum to be overcome now that the government in Pristina has been constituted, which should contribute to the continuation of implementation of agreements reached so far in the Brussels dialogue.

WASHINGTON - Serbian First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Ivica Dacic stated that the dismissal of Serb minister in the Kosovo government Aleksandar Jablanovic would have a negative impact on the continuation of the dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina, but he added that the talks in Brussels need to continue in a level-headed manner.

"Level-headed dialogue" must continue - FM

WASHINGTON -- Ivica Dacic says the dismissal of a Serb minister in the Kosovo government will have a negative impact on the dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina.

But, added the Serbian foreign minister, "the talks in Brussels need to continue in a level-headed manner."