Politics of Kosovo

BELGRADE - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic met with French special Western Balkans envoy Rene Troccaz in Belgrade on Tuesday to discuss the situation in Europe and the region, the situation in the Autonomous Province of Kosovo-Metohija and Serbia's EU path.

BELGRADE - Serbia's MFA said on Friday Serbian bills on the Autonomous Province of Kosovo-Metohija, characterised by the US State Department and the German MFA as violation of the dialogue with Pristina, were intended to safeguard the rights and social security of Serbs in the province, aligning with Serbia's broader commitment to stability in the region.

BRUSSELS - The EU special envoy for the Belgrade-Pristina dialogue Miroslav Lajcak said on Tuesday no progress had been made at an October 24 Brussels meeting of the dialogue when it comes to implementation of a 2023 agreement on normalisation of relations, but that he was "optimistic about some progress made on several other key issues."

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 - 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

BELGRADE - European Commission spokesperson Peter Stano said on Wednesday there were no announcements to make about any kind of upcoming meeting in the EU-facilitated dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina and declined to comment on speculations a high-level meeting could take place soon.

BELGRADE - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic met with Czech FM Jan Lipavsky in Belgrade on Friday, raising concerns over the increasingly difficult position of Serbs in the Autonomous Province of Kosovo-Metohija and requesting support and stepped-up engagement from Prague and other European capitals towards protecting the safety and the rights of Serbs in the province.

LONDON - The EU special envoy for the Belgrade-Pristina dialogue Miroslav Lajcak says "concrete next steps" on several practical issues were agreed at a July 2 meeting of chief negotiators in the dialogue but that there was no progress on implementation of an agreement on the path to normalisation of relations between Belgrade and Pristina.

BELGRADE - Serbian FM Marko Djuric said on Monday, the 25th anniversary of UNSC Resolution 1244, that a solution to the Kosovo-Metohija issue could be sought only through constructive dialogue within the framework of the resolution.

BELGRADE - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic met with the ambassadors of Quint states and the head of the EU Delegation to Belgrade, Emanuele Giaufret, on Thursday to discuss current political developments in the region, the position of Serbs, Serbia's progress on the EU path and economic cooperation.