Kosovo Serbs

BELGRADE - Serbian Minister of Internal and External Trade Tomislav Momirovic said on Tuesday he had written to the trade ministers of EU member states, the UK, the US and CEFTA to warn, for a third time in a year, that Pristina's ban on trade in Serbian goods remained in force in Kosovo-Metohija.

BELGRADE - Serbian FM and First Deputy PM Ivica Dacic confirmed to Tanjug on Friday a team to fight against Pristina's potential admission to the Council of Europe (CoE) had been set up at a government session earlier in the day.

Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic demanded an urgent establishment of the team at an extraordinary government session on Thursday.

BELGRADE - Serbia will send a non-paper to all Council of Europe (CoE) member states in which it will list facts and arguments against the so-called Kosovo's potential admission to the organisation, Belgrade-based Vecernje novosti daily reported on Friday.

BELGRADE - Serbian FM Ivica Dacic said a team that would fight against Pristina's potential admission to the Council of Europe (CoE) would be set up on Friday.

Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic demanded an urgent establishment of the team at an extraordinary government session on Thursday.

BELGRADE - At a meeting with Swiss Ambassador to Belgrade Urs Schmid, the members of Serbia's delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) noted that potential CoE membership for the so-called Kosovo would be a gross violation of international law and the organisation's statute and principles.

BELGRADE - Danijela Vujicic from the Aleksandar Vucic - Serbia Must Not Stop electoral list was on Tuesday elected head of the Serbian parliamentary committee on Kosovo-Metohija.

Vujicic succeeds longtime chairman Milovan Drecun.

Aleksandar Pavic from the We, A Voice from the People - Branimir Nestorovic list was elected deputy head of the committee.

BELGRADE - At a meeting with the head of the French delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) Bertrand Bouyx on Monday, Serbian FM Ivica Dacic said he expected French representatives in the Council of Europe to have more understanding for Serbian arguments at an upcoming session on the so-called Kosovo's request to join the organisation.

BELGRADE - Due to the overall geopolitical situation, Serbia is paying a high price, and the country is in an extremely difficult situation through no fault of its own, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said on Friday evening.

BELGRADE - The head of Serbia's parliamentary delegation to the NATO Parliamentary Assembly Vladimir Djukanovic said on Monday a decision by the body's standing committee to promote the status of the so-called Kosovo assembly from observer to associate member was scandalous and that he believed that, as a result, Serbia should stop participating in the organisation.

MOSCOW - Serbian First Deputy PM and FM Ivica Dacic concluded a visit to Moscow on Friday.

Dacic travelled to Russia at the invitation of Russian FM Sergey Lavrov.

The two met on Thursday at the Spiridonovka Palace, where they discussed economic, political and other forms cooperation as well as the situation in Kosovo-Metohija, the Balkans and worldwide.