Jack Smith

An investment plan for the southern province was adopted and measures of incentives for potential investors were agreed on during the meeting, the Serbian government announced.

President Aleksandar Vucic said in a statement for the press after the session that more than RSD 6 billion (equal to EUR 50.7 million) will be invested in various projects over the next 18 months.

"There will not be indictments for at least a year, that is, until Belgrade-Pristina negotiations in Brussels have been completed," an unnamed source, "close to Pristina authorities," is quoted as telling this newspaper.

The commission is headed by Veran Matic.

OSCE's Harlem Desir said that the consultations began on how to reopen investigations into the killings and disappearances of 14 journalists and media workers in Kosovo and Metohija, the Association of Journalists of Serbia (UNS) announced on Wednesday.

US lawyer Jack Smith has been appointed as the new Specialist Prosecutor at the The Hague-based Kosovo Specialist Chambers after the departure of his predecessor raised concerns that cases could be delayed.