Kosovo

NEW YORK - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic met with Chinese FM Wang Yi during the UN General Assembly session in New York to present the increasingly difficult situation of Serbs in Kosovo-Metohija and request China's support in the fight for the truth and respect of international law.

NOVI SAD - Serbian Interior Minister Ivica Dacic said on Monday he disagreed with interpretations that Serbia had made a dramatic turn to the West, and noted that its relations with Russia and China were in no jeopardy.

BELGRADE - Who has authorised EU spokesperson Peter Stano to violate the EU's status neutrality and recognise the so-called Kosovo, the head of the Serbian government Office for Kosovo-Metohija Petar Petkovic asked in a post on X Tuesday.

BELGRADE - Serbian PM Milos Vucevic spoke with Cuban Ambassador to Belgrade Leyde Ernesto Rodriguez Hernandez on Tuesday about advancement of overall cooperation between the two countries, based on traditional friendship and close ties.

BRUSSELS - Even though people in Brussels know which side is blocking progress in the EU-facilitated Belgrade-Pristina dialogue, they "would never say that publicly," Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic has told Brussels-based internet portal Politico.eu.

"The EU and the Americans agree with us," Vucic said in an interview.

BELGRADE - The Serbian government Office for Kosovo-Metohija said on Friday a Serb man had been brutally beaten up and robbed in his home in the Staro Gracko village in the Lipljan municipality in Kosovo-Metohija on Thursday night.

At around midnight, three attackers who were speaking in Albanian tied the victim, Dejan Radic, and beat him up with a stick and robbed him.

BRUSSELS - The EU special envoy for the Belgrade-Pristina dialogue Miroslav Lajcak says the last two weeks were a "whirlwind of diplomatic efforts" focused on progress in normalisation of Belgrade-Pristina relations and that the dialogue was the "primary focus" in the period.

BELGRADE - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic received Ohio National Guard Commander Maj-Gen John Harris in Belgrade on Friday, raising concerns over the increasingly grave security situation in Kosovo-Metohija and requesting stronger US support for protection of Serbs in the province.

BELGRADE - Pristina's PM Albin Kurti and his aides have no intention of giving up on a policy of unilateral moves and denying the very essence of normalisation of relations, Serbian FM Marko Djuric said in a reaction to a statement by Kurti that Belgrade's measures aimed at helping Kosovo-Metohija Serbs were desperate and not conducive to peace.

STRASBOURG - An EU directive abolishing visas for holders of Serbian passports from the autonomous province of Kosovo-Metohija, issued by the Serbian Coordination Directorate, was signed in Strasbourg on Wednesday.