Kosovo

Kosovo's government asked parliament on July 31 to reconsider its rejection of an ad hoc court to try ethnic Albanian former guerrillas for alleged war crimes including organ harvesting, responding to intense Western pressure. 

Persons traveling with Kosovo passports can enter the Russian Federation only in special cases and in order to participate in sporting events.

This has been announced by the Russian embassy in Belgrade.

The head of the parliamentary group of the Alliance for the Future of Kosovo has submitted a resolution on "genocide during the war in Kosovo."

This has been reported on Friday by the Pristina-based Albanian language newspaper Koha Ditore.

Serbia will do everything it can to make it clear to UNESCO members that allowing Kosovo to join this organization would be a harmful move.

This is what Serbian Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic said in parliament on Thursday, answering questions from deputies.

The European Court of Human Rights is hearing a case against Serbia brought by campaigners seeking to stop forced evictions of Roma families who fled the Kosovo war in 1999.

The two countries have stepped up joint efforts this week to stop Albanian migrants heading for Germany after more than 20,000 arrived over the past few months.

On Wednesday, about 70 asylum-seekers from Albania landed at Tirana International Airport after being deported from Germany.

Kosovo will not be able to take part in the qualifications for the FIFA World Cup that will be held in Russia in 2018.

This has been stated by Vyacheslav Koloskov, honorary president of the Russian Football Association and former FIFA vice-president.

The Kosovo government announced on Thursday that it is ready to call another vote on the controversial special court after it failed to gain approval in parliament last month because of opposition from many MPs.

Haradinaj, a Kosovo MP who is on the parliamentary commission for foreign affairs, said on Wednesday that the border with Montenegro set by the 1974 Yugoslav constitution should be officially agreed between the two countries.

The Kosovo assembly will next week meet to discuss the formation of a special court that would deal with the crimes committed by the KLA.

This was announced on Wednesday by Hashim Thaci, who serves as Kosovo's foreign minister and is also the leader of the ruling PDK party.