Agim Çeku

"I believe that one of the first decisions of the Kosovo Assembly will be the formalisation of the armed forces of Kosovo," Agim Ceku, Kosovo's Security Forces Minister, told the Epoka e Re daily newspaper on Thursday.

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"Kosovo army plan doomed to fail without Serb backing"

PRIŠTINA -- Agim Ceku's announcement that Kosovo will soon have its army "is doomed to fail" - as it requires a law that will not be supported by Serb representatives.

Transforming KSF into army "internal affair" - NATO

BRUSSELS -- A NATO spokeswoman has said that transforming the Kosovo Security Force (KSF) into an army was "an internal affair, up to the local institutions."

PRISTINA - Outgoing Minister of the Ministry for the Kosovo Security Force Agim Ceku stated that Kosovo will soon get its army because at one of the first sessions upon its constitution, the Kosovo parliament will adopt the decision on the transformation of the Security Force into the Armed Forces of Kosovo.

Finally Proofs of Crimes of KLA Thaci and Limaj could be accused for killing Serbs. Hashim Thaci, Fatmir Limaj and Jakup Krasniqi could be indicted for war crimes

Hashim Thaci, Fatmir Limaj and Jakup Krasniqi could be indicted for war crimes.

BELGRADE - Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic stated on Tuesday that the publication of the report of the special investigative team headed by U.S. prosecutor Clint Williamson will confirm the objectivity of EU institutions and the international community in the investigation of crimes committed during the war in Kosovo-Metohija (KiM).

Former Kosovo Liberation Army commander Sylejman Selimi and three other ex-fighters were cleared of abusing prisoners at a KLA detention centre during the late 1990s conflict.

Serbian Prime Minister Ivica Dacic said the planned establishment of a Kosovo army by 2019 was not part of the Brussels agreement on the normalization of relations, which Serbia and Kosovo signed under EU auspices last April.

War crimes verdicts improve Kosovo-Serbia relations, experts say

The Belgrade court decisions on war crimes committed in Kosovo will help improve the relationship between Albanians and Serbs, experts and citizens said.

Future verdicts by the Belgrade High Court War Crimes Chamber could help improve relations between Serbia and Kosovo. [AFP]

BRUSSELS - NATO supports the Kosovo Security Force (KSF) in its present format, which does not envisage its use as a combat unit; it was stated at NATO headquarters in Brussels.