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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.

The Spokesman and Deputy Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs at the United States Department of State, Tom Casey yesterday stated that the U.S. opposes Serbian local elections being held in Kosovo on May 11.

Serbian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Vuk Jeremic yesterday said that Spain will not allow the EU to impose any conditions on Serbia regarding its position on Kosovo-Metohija in the process of its European integration because Spain has an identical attitude concerning the unilateral independence of the southern Serbian province.

The European Parliament yesterday declared that Serbia can’t hold elections in Kosovo. A delegation of European Parliament Tuesday in Brussels said that it would be completely unacceptable for Serbia to organize local elections in Kosovo.

Belgrade: Serbian Prime Minister Vojislav Kostunica, after meeting with the Slovak Minister of Foreign Affairs Jan Kubis, said that Slovakia’s stand regarding Kosovo-Metohija is that Slovakia will not recognize Kosovo’s unilateral independence.

Speaking for a Frankfurt-based Serbian-language daily yesterday, Jiri Dienstbier, former UN human rights rapporteur for former Yugoslavia and former Czech foreign minister said that he would never recognize Kosovo’s independence, if he were a Serbian politician.

Belgrade: Rasim Ljajic stated that steadiness in South Serbia will be maintained through anticipatory political act and not through oppression or amplification in the number of police and military forces in the state.
In a statement, Mr. Ljajic said that constancy will be conserved through governmental incorporation of the racial Albanian society and further toning of [...]

Bujanovac: Rasim Ljajic, who is the president of the Coordinating Body for the municipalities of Presevo, Bujanovac and Medvedja stated that there is no threat to the political security condition in southern Serbia accompanying the happening on August 4, when frictions passed off between robbers and member of the police and gendarmerie.
While his tour of [...]