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The Hague Tribunal has rejected Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic’s request to allow Serbian citizens to serve their sentences in Serbia. According to the proposal, top Serbian officials would give up on the UN General Assembly debate on the Hague Tribunal in return.

Serbia’s Deputy PM Suzana Grubjesic has stated that a community of Serb municipalities in Kosovo needs to have “precise executive powers”. She said that Belgrade would be constructive in the dialogue as long as there was a chance to reach an agreement.

Serbian Prime Minister and Interior Minister Ivica Dacic met on Monday with the new head of the EU mission in Kosovo, EULEX, Bernd Borchardt. Dacic insisted during the meeting that EULEX, together with KFOR and UNMIK, should secure full protection of citizens in Kosovo and Metohija.

Hans-Joachim Falenski, advisor to Germany’s ruling Christian Democratic Union-Christian Social Union of Bavaria coalition, says normalization of the relations between Kosovo and Serbia should eventually include a UN seat for Kosovo.

Kosovo president Atifete Jahjaga said that 14 years after the conflict with Serbian forces, Kosovo “is proud and thankful to all NATO’s soldiers and commanders who contributed to the end of genocide against the people of the country”.

Serbia’s PM Ivica Dacic met with UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon ahead on a UN Security Council session on Kosovo on Friday. Dacic informed Ban about the Belgrade-Priština dialogue and said that UNMIK should have a leading role in Kosovo.

Prime Ministers Hashim Thaci and Ivica Dacic will anounce a deal on forming an Association of Serbian Municipalities in Kosovo on April 2. According to the plan, 10 Serbian municipalities – four in Serb-run northern

Turkish Parliament Speaker Cemil Cicek held meetings with Kosovo’s President Atifete Jahjaga and Speaker of the Parliament Jakup Krasniqi in Pristina on Wednesday. Cicek told reporters thatTurkey had always supported Kosovo on every platform

Germany has not yet made a final decision whether to vote for or against granting Serbia a date for the beginning of the EU accession negotiations in June. This is according to Andreas Schokenhoff who led a delegation of the German Bundestag during a visit to Belgrade.

The 7th round of dialogue between Kosovar Prime Minister Hashim Thaci and his Serbian counterpart Ivica Dacic have lasted 12 hours under the observation of Ashton, in the Belgian capital of Brussels. EU’s High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Catherine Ashton has stated that they have come close to …