Kosovo

Serbian Minister of Foreign Affairs Ivica Dacic sent a letter to UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon over the intention of Kosovo to become a member of UNESCO.

In it, he underscored that this would be unacceptable for Serbia because Kosovo cannot be considered a state.

A former EU rule-of-law mission in Kosovo prosecutor who made claims of corruption said she has been threatened with criminal prosecution if she speaks publicly about her case against her ex-employers.

Cars from Kosovo can move through central Serbia only if they have "status-neutral plates (KS)," Milovan Drecun has said.

The MP from the ruling SNS party and chair of the Parliamentary Committee on Kosovo and Metohija said on Friday that Pristina has "interpreted an agreement on insurance in a way that is unacceptable to Serbia."

UNESCO has not received Kosovo's application for membership, the secretariat of the UN organization in Paris has confirmed for Vecernje Novosti.

Greece is "irritated" by Serbia's position "regarding Kosovo and Macedonia," the Beta agency is quoting an article published on the SKAI website.

The Greek media outlet quoted unnamed "foreign ministry circles" who said that "Serbia lately made a series of incomprehensible moves, exerting pressure in the European Union to settle the (Macedonian) name issue."

MPs voted for the resolution on Thursday calling for EULEX's work to be reviewed and alleged abuses within the mission investigated.

A meorial service has been held for 14 Serbian farmers shot and killed while harvesting their fields on July 23, 1999 in the village of Staro Gacko in Kosovo.

Director of the Serbian Government's Office for Kosovo and Metohija Marko Djuric addressed those gathered on Thursday and pointed out to the question of why no one has been brought to justice yet in this case.

The Serb-run Civil Defense in northern Kosovo and Metohija has never been a parallel structure, the Srpska (Serb) List has stated.

New research carried out by POINTPLUS, a civil organization network, shows that more than 90 per cent of people in the Western Balkan believe their police are corrupt.

Kosovo police said on Wednesday said they had arrested a fraudulent tourist operator who sold fake plane tickets to members of the diaspora flying back to Kosovo during the summer.