Kosovo–Serbia relations

"Goal is to force Serbs to leave talks"

BELGRADE -- "The essential objective" of the latest developments in Kosovo is for Serbs to leave "the negotiations and local institutions," says Milivoje Mihajlovic.

UNSC to hold session on latest Kosovo report

BELGRADE -- The UN Security Council will on Friday hold a session on Kosovo to consider the latest report by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.

BELGRADE - The decision on Serb participation in Kosovo's institutions will be made next week, after the meeting in Brussels from February 9 to 10, head of the Serbian government office for Kosovo Marko Djuric stated on Thursday.

Decision on Serb participation "next week"

BELGRADE -- The Government's Office for Kosovo has announced that its Director Marko Djuric, Serbs from Kosovo and Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic will meet next week.

Djuric spoke on Thursday, after a meeting in Belgrade held in the government building with Serb representatives in the Kosovo government.

BELGRAD - The UN Security Council will on Friday hold a session on Kosovo to consider the latest report by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, during which Serbia's stands will be presented by First Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic.

The process of implementing EU-led Serbia-Kosovo agreements on the Serbian side is marked by a lack of transparency, while much of the decision-making is in the hands of Srpska List, a Kosovo Serbian party backed by the Belgrade government.

These are the results of a report published last week by a Belgrade think tank, the Bureau for Social Research, BIRODI.

NEW YORK - UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in the latest report on the United Nations Interim Administrative Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) called upon the Kosovo authorities to speed up the establishment of the specialist court for war crimes and to redouble their efforts in strengthening a broad public consensus around this issue.

UN chief urges Pristina to set up war crimes court

NEW YORK -- UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has called on Kosovo's authorities to speed up the sett of the special court for war crimes.

Aleksandar Jablanovic - the minister whose remarks about protesters caused widespread anger - is no longer part of the Kosovo government, the Prime Minister said on Tuesday.

"All Brussels deal commitments must be implemented"

BELGRADE -- "All existing commitments" under the Brussels agreement will need to be implemented for chapter 35 in Serbia's EU talks to be opened, says Johannes Hahn.

The EU commissioner for regional policy told the Belgrade-based CorD Magazine that "although some good progress has been made, there is still more to be done."