Kosovo

BELGRADE - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic met with Slovak FM Juraj Blanar in Belgrade on Friday to discuss overall relations between the two traditionally close and friendly countries, advancement of economic cooperation and the Autonomous Province of Kosovo-Metohija.

BELGRADE - The head of the Serbian government Office for Kosovo-Metohija Petar Petkovic met with UNMIK head Caroline Ziadeh on Friday to discuss the political and security situation in Kosovo-Metohija and an October 30 UN Security Council session on a report on the work of UNMIK, the UN Mission in the Autonomous Province of Kosovo-Metohija.

BELGRADE - The Slovak government's position of non-recognition of the unilaterally declared independence of the so-called Kosovo is unchangeable, clear and formulated in a declaration adopted by Slovakia's National Council in 2007, says Slovak FM Juraj Blanar.

BELGRADE - Serbian FM Marko Djuric met with Norway's newly-appointed and former special Western Balkans envoys Eirik Nestas Mathisen and Haakon Blankenborg in Belgrade on Thursday and noted that the situation in the Autonomous Province of Kosovo-Metohija was the most significant state issue for Serbia and informed them of unilateral moves by the Pristina provisional institutions, which have led

BRUSSELS - European Commission spokesperson Peter Stano confirmed to Tanjug on Thursday a new round of technical-level dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina would be held in Brussels on October 24.

BELGRADE - KFOR and the so-called Kosovo Police have provided no response to a Journalists' Association of Serbia (UNS) query about a recent death threat to Tanjug journalists, while the EU rule-of-law mission in Kosovo-Metohija (EULEX) said it had no mandate to investigate it and UNMIK - the UN mission in Serbia's autonomous province - informed the UN special rapporteur for freedom of opinion

LJUBLJANA - Serbian FM Marko Djuric met with Slovenian FM Tanja Fajon in Ljubljana on Tuesday to inform her of the difficult position of Serbs in Serbia's Autonomous Province of Kosovo-Metohija.

BELGRADE - The head of the Serbian government Office for Kosovo-Metohija Petar Petkovic said on Tuesday Pristina continued to breach all agreements and that those in Pristina who were violating all EU-guaranteed agreements on a daily basis were now brazen enough to attack Belgrade with a made-up narrative about violations of an agreement on integrated management of administrative crossings.

MERDARE - Freight trucks continue to queue up for kilometres at the Merdare administrative crossing, where the provisional Pristina authorities have recently allowed entry of ready-made products from central Serbia to the Autonomous Province of Kosovo-Metohija.

BELGRADE - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic met with Slovak Defence Minister Robert Kalinak in Belgrade on Monday to discuss strengthening of bilateral cooperation in defence and security.