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Belgrade: The Japanese Ambassador to Serbia Tadashi Nagai yesterday called on Belgrade, which withdrew its ambassador from Tokyo after Japan recognized the Kosovo Albanians’ unilateral declaration of independence, to send back their ambassador to Japan.

Pristina: Loads of opinions and views were expressed when the Serbian President Boris Tadic yesterday arrived in Kosovo to attend midnight Easter liturgy in High Decani monastery in Kosovo.

The Kosovo’s President, Fatmir Sejdiu, yesterday reacted to Serbian President Boris Tadic announcement that he will visit the province this weekend, saying Tadic can visit Kosovo as private citizen. Sejdiu, who was in Prizren, said that President Boris Tadic’s tour of the Serb-inhabited areas “will have a private character”.

Belgrade: The Serb Radical Party (SRS) could gain the most votes, some 1.48 million, on May 11 elections – said CeSID (Center for Free Elections and Democracy) opinion poll released yesterday.

The Kosovo political status got another boost yesterday Burkina Faso – a landlocked nation in West Africa and Nauru – an island nation in the Micronesian South Pacific recognized its unilateral independence declaration.

Pristina: The Kosovo Prime Minister Hashim Thaci yesterday revealed that Kosovo enjoys great support inside the UN. He said Kosovo support because of the policies of government, friendly relations with its neighbors, and cooperation with international institutions, KFOR and the new EU mission.

Belgrade: Serbia’s intention in organizing local elections in Kosovo is completely fair; Serbia does not intend to provoke anybody; The elections have been announced because the areas inhabited by Serbs need representatives chosen in a democratic way – said Serbian Minister for Kosovo-Metohija Slobodan Samardzic on Wednesday.

Patriarch Alexius II, the current Patriarch of Moscow and of All-Russia and the primate of the Russian Orthodox Church, yesterday expressed support for the Serbia’s position on unilateral declaration of Kosovo independence.

The Czech Communist Party yesterday introduced in the parliament, a draft law which, if passed, would ban the government to recognize Kosovo’s independence, said the Czech Communist Party Whip Pavel Kovalcik.

Antonio Milososki, Macedonian Foreign Minister stated on Wednesday that his country, as far as the recognition of Kosovo’s unilaterally proclaimed independence was in question, was on standby.