Office for Kosovo and Metohija

BELGRADE - The head of the Serbian government Office for Kosovo-Metohija Petar Petkovic said on Tuesday the 1999 Battle of Kosare represented one of the most difficult battles for the Serbs and that "it is our sacred duty to never forget the heroes who gave their lives to defend freedom and 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 - 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 - The head of the Serbian government Office for Kosovo-Metohija Petar Petkovic said in Brussels on Thursday Belgrade's delegation had tabled a balanced, compromise proposal for solving the issue of cash operations in Kosovo-Metohija but that Pristina had shown no willingness for that.

BELGRADE - The director of the Serbian government Office for Kosovo-Metohija Petar Petkovic met with ambassadors and representatives of the Quint states - the US, the UK, France, Italy and Germany - and the head of the EU Delegation to Serbia on Friday to inform them of the political and security situation in Kosovo-Metohija, focusing on the most recent round of the Brussels dialogue.

BRUSSELS - The head of the Serbian government Office for Kosovo-Metohija Petar Petkovic said on Monday Pristina lacked the political will to find a solution for the use of the Serbian dinar in Kosovo-Metohija, and announced that a new round of technical-level dialogue with Pristina would be held on April 4.

BRUSSELS - For Serbia, it is important to find a solution in the dialogue with Pristina that will include continued operations of the Postal Savings Bank in Kosovo-Metohija, the head of the Serbian government Office for Kosovo-Metohija Petar Petkovic said in Brussels on Tuesday.

BRUSSELS - The director of the Serbian government Office for Kosovo-Metohija Petar Petkovic said on Tuesday that, at a Brussels meeting with Pristina's chief negotiator Besnik Bislimi and the EU special envoy for the Belgrade-Pristina dialogue Miroslav Lajcak, Belgrade's delegation had pointed out everything that posed a difficulty for the survival of Serbs in Kosovo-Metohija.

BRUSSELS - A meeting of Belgrade's delegation of experts led by chief negotiator Petar Petkovic, who is also director of the Serbian government Office for Kosovo-Metohija, and an EU delegation headed by the special envoy for the Belgrade-Pristina dialogue Miroslav Lajcak began in Brussels on Tuesday shortly after 11 am.

BELGRADE - In a reaction to Pristina's removal of Cyrillic road signs in the north of Kosovo-Metohija, the head of the Serbian government Office for Kosovo-Metohija Petar Petkovic said on Thursday Pristina's PM Albin Kurti could not sever the unbreakable ties between Serbs in the province and their state, Serbia.