Kosovo

Serbia's mission to UN has protested over the presence of a Kosovo delegation at a counter-terrorism meeting at UN headquarters in New York on Tuesday.

UN representatives called it "a private meeting organized by the US, which is why Kosovo was treated as an independent state," Serbia's public broadcaster, RTS, reported on Wednesday.

A Belgrade economist has welcomed the call by Safet Gërxhaliu, President of Kosovo's Chamber of Commerce, for Serbian investors to develop businesses in Kosovo.

During his recent visit to Serbia, Gërxhaliu advised Serbian companies to start thinking about opening workplaces in Kosovo where members of the different ethnic groups can work together.

The signing of a law that should enable for the formation of a special court for war crimes has been delayed in Kosovo.

Kosovo President Atifete Jahjaga should have signed the law by midnight on Tuesday, but several opposition parties during the day asked the Constitutional Court "to appraise its constitutionality."

A law on the special court for crimes committed by the KLA "will enter into force as soon as it is signed by Kosovo President Atifete Jahjaga."

According to Tanjug, EU Special Representative in Kosovo Samuel Zbogar has announced that "the first indictments will be raised early next year."

The agreement was suspended on Friday with officials in Kosovo and Serbia citing differing interpretations of the document which was signed a month ago but not made public.

Pristina officials believe that Serbia is now obliged to grant entry to vehicles from Kosovo with licence plates labelled with 'RKS' (Republic of Kosovo).

Greek Foreign Minister Nikolaos Kotzias held a joint press conference in Pristina on Tuesday with his counterpart, Hashim Thaci, in what is seen as a landmark in relations between the two.

Greece has yet to recognize Kosovo's independence, proclaimed in 2008.

After months of delay, parliament will vote on Friday on the establishment of the new court to judge alleged war crimes committed by Kosovo Liberation Army fighters during the 1998-99 conflict, while veterans' organisations and opposition parties have vowed to try to stop it.

Kosovo is making moves to include ethnic Croats and Montenegrins as separate minorities listed in the constitution, giving them more rights.

Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic has told the President of Kosovo, Atifete Jahjaga, that she should not consider herself a state president since Kosovo "will never be a state", according to well founded reports in the Belgrade media.

Pristina "wants to contribute to prevent escalation" - PM

LJUBLJANA, PRISTINA -- Pristina is interested "in the firm cooperation between the police forces of Kosovo and Macedonia," Kosovo Prime Minister Isa Mustafa has said.