Kosovo

BIRN documentary on some of the most brutal crimes of the Kosovo war had its international premiere at this year’s Sarajevo Film Festival.

FM Ivica Dacic received on Tuesday the farewell visit of Special Representative of UN Secretary General for Kosovo and Head of UNMIK Mission Farid Zarif.

According to Tanjug, Dacic "expressed special gratitude to him for the efforts invested in the implementation of UNMIK mandate."

Serbia's Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic has said that he will take part in a United Nations Security Council (UNSC) meeting on Kosovo on August 21.

Dacic also announced he would attend a UN conference in Mexico, "where he will have important bilateral meetings touching on Kosovo, a few days later."

"For Serbia, recognizing Kosovo is an absolute condition for joining the EU," Josep Maria Terricabras, a member of the European Parliament from Spain, has said.

"Absolutely and without a doubt Serbia will be under obligation to do that before joining the EU," Terricabras told the Albanian language daily Zeri from Pristina, the Beta news agency reported.

A cinema in Sarajevo was too small to hold all would-be viewers on Sunday of "The Diplomat", a documentary by the American director David Holbrooke about the life of his US diplomat father.

Holbrooke is seen as the mastermind behind the 1995 Dayton Peace Accords, which ended the four-year war in Bosnia.

Serbian Interior Minister Nebojsa Stefanovic has said that full-fledged membership of Kosovo and Metohija in Interpol is not acceptable to Serbia.

The man widely tipped to become next leader of Britain's main opposition Labour Party is facing queries about his views on Kosovo among other foreign policy issues.

Oliver Ivanovic's lawyer Nebojsa Vlajkovic has said that the health condition of his client is becoming "increasingly more serious."

The Serb politician from northern Kosovo, who heads Civil Initiative SDP, was taken to the hospital over the weekend where he continues his hunger strike, started on August 7.

Millions of euros are flowing from Turkey to Kosovo "through illegal routes, bypassing banks," according to the Pristina-based Albanian language daily Zeri.

Moreover, this media outlet said that Recep Erdogan's authorities are using this to "launder money."

Kosovo Interior Minister Skender Hyseni has said that Kosovo has applied for full membership in Interpol.

Hyseni said for the Pristina-based Tribuna that Interpol was most likely to consider the request during the 84th regular session of the 84th Interpol General Assembly in November.