Pristina

VRANJE - In response to a statement by Pristina's interior minister Dzelal Svecla that a Serbian embassy would be the only Serbian symbol in Pristina, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said Kosovo-Metohija was a part of Serbian territory and that a Serbian embassy in Pristina was Svecla's dream.

VRANJE - In response to a statement by Pristina's interior minister Dzelal Svecla that a Serbian embassy would be the only Serbian symbol in Pristina, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said Kosovo-Metohija was a part of Serbian territory and that a Serbian embassy in Pristina was Svecla's dream.

The statement is related to the decision of the Board of the Central Bank of Kosovo on the adoption of the Regulation on cash operations according to which the only currency that can be used in the so-called Kosovo for cash and e-transactions is the euro. The decision enters into force on February 1.

DAVOS - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said on Wednesday in Davos he had requested EU special envoy for the Belgrade-Pristina dialogue Miroslav Lajcak to stop Pristina PM Albin Kurti's attempt to destroy dialogue by halting payments of salaries and pensions to Serbs in Kosovo-Metohija.

DAVOS - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said on Wednesday he had had an open discussion in Davos with EU special envoy for the Belgrade-Pristina dialogue Miroslav Lajcak, whom he told that Pristina's moves put all past achievements of the normalisation process in question.

BELGRADE - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic met with US Ambassador to Belgrade Christopher Hill on Thursday to discuss advancement of bilateral political and economic relations as well as the situation in Kosovo-Metohija and a continuation of the dialogue with Pristina.

PRISTINA - The defence team of a Kosovo-Metohija Serb charged by Pristina with alleged war crimes will seek a throwing out of his indictment and file a complaint against evidence presented against him because the indictment is based solely on witness accounts, lawyer Jovana Filipovic announced on Wednesday.

MADRID - In response to a Tanjug query, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Spain has noted that the country's acceptance of the use of passports of the so-called Kosovo in no way meant a recognition of the so-called Kosovo by Spain.

BELGRADE - Serbian Ambassador to Washington Marko Djuric says a bill on support for the Brussels Agreement that has recently been tabled to the US Congress made US support to the Pristina authorities directly conditional upon the establishment of a Community of Serb Municipalities.

BELGRADE - The head of the Serbian parliamentary committee on Kosovo-Metohija Milovan Drecun said on Friday Serbs in the province were particularly concerned over the fact Pristina was expediting the process of introducing compulsory military service.