Kosovo–Serbia relations

"Full normalization with Kosovo needed," says Austrian FM

BELGRADE -- Austrian Foreign Minister Sebastian Kurz has said that "full normalization of relations with Kosovo" is needed before Serbia joins the EU.

This normalization, he told the Belgrade-based weekly NIN, would be "confirmed with a legally binding document."

BELGRADE - Austria's Foreign Minister Sebastian Kurz has told the weekly NIN from Belgrade that Serbia needs to bring its relations with Kosovo completely back to normal before joining the EU, which would be confirmed with a legally binding document.

"No new German conditions"

BELGRADE -- Germany has not set any new condition before Serbia on its path towards gaining membership in the EU, a Belgrade-based daily writes.

FM reiterates: No giving up on either EU or Kosovo

BELGRADE -- Serbian Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic said that Serbia is not giving up either the EU integration or "the starting position" that Kosovo is a part of Serbia....

BELGRADE - Borislav Stefanovic, head of the MP group of the opposition Democratic Party (DS) in the Serbian parliament, said Monday that appointments of three Serbian ministers in the Kosovo government would be good news, observing that after forming its government, Pristina no longer had any excuse for blocking the process of negotiations with Belgrade.

BELGRADE - Djordje Milicevic, deputy head of the Socialist Party of Serbia (SPS) group in the Serbian parliament, said Monday that Belgrade expected its dialogue with Pristina to be resumed as soon as the political situation in Kosovo allowed and a community of Serb municipalities was set up.

BELGRADE - The Association of Djakovica Citizens has stated that the demolished Serb homes in that town in southwestern Kosovo should be rebuilt to allow 12,000 Serbs to return there, because Kosovo's future lies in multiethnicity.

FM: EU made "no official request" regarding Kosovo

BELGRADE -- Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic said on Sunday Serbia's stance not to recognize the unilaterally declared independence of Kosovo remains unchanged.

The EU "has not officially requested this from Serbia," he told a regular monthly news conference.

President again says EU will seek "recognition of Kosovo"

BELGRADE -- Tomislav Nikolic says he "knows for certain" that Serbia will be faced with a choice: either Kosovo or EU membership.

The Serbian president spoke during the weekend to add that the country "must be prepared for this."

BELGRADE - Serbian Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic said on Sunday that Serbia's stance not to recognize the unilaterally declared independence of Kosovo-Metohija has remained unchanged, and the EU has not officially requested this from Serbia.