Kosovo status process

"Serbia must recognize Kosovo's independence in order to achieve peace in the region," according to the Human Rights Institute of the US University of Columbia.

"Serbia must recognize Kosovo's independence in order to achieve peace in the region," according to the Human Rights Institute of the US University of Columbia.

The leader of the Serbian Renewal Movement (SPO), Vuk Draskovic, believes that Serbia should "accept and recognize the Kosovo reality."

He also wants Martti Ahtisaari's 2007 plan to be accepted as "the basis for the continuation of the Brussels dialogue."

Pristina has not yet submitted a request for Kosovo's membership in UNESCO.

Unless this happens by September, there is no prospect that it could be voted on in November.

BELGRADE - Vienna Economic Forum (VEF) Secretary-General Elena Kirtcheva on Monday invited Serbia to return to the organisation, noting it was an NGO and that political reasons should not be an obstacle to membership.

Serbia left the Vienna-based forum after the Austrian government recognised Kosovo's independence.

PM and President-elect Aleksandar Vucic has told TV Prva in an interview that Belgrade, too, would have "assistance from abroad" in the dialogue with Pristina.

The Council for National Security met on on Monday in the Presidency of Serbia in Belgrade.

Serbia is a stable country and there is no possibility of a significant threat to peace and security of the state, a statement issued by the Presidential Press Service said after the meeting.

President Tomislav Nikolic said in New York that he insisted on several important topics during the UN Security Council meeting on Monday.

Marko Djuric has offered his condolences to Russian Ambassador Aleksandar Chepurin over the death of Russia's UN envoy Vitaly Churkin.

According to a statement, the head of the Serbian Government Office for Kosovo and the top Russian diplomat in Serbia met in Belgrade on Tuesday.

Ahead of the continuation of the Belgrade-Pristina dialogue, representatives of Kosovo's interim institutions think one of the topics will be its "conclusion."