Kosovo judicial bodies have acquitted Milos Petkovic, from Mala Krusa village, accused of committing war crimes against the civilian population in this village, Orahovac municipality, Leposavic-based RTV Mir reported.

Milos Petkovic was arrested in Hungary on September 6, 2018 as per international arrest warrant issued by EULEX, RTS said. Petkovic was in detention in Hungary until May 17, 2019 when he was extradited to the Kosovo judicial bodies.

President Aleksandar Vucic told Prva TV on Tuesday that he would like Serbia to lobby more around the world for resolving the issue of Kosovo. So far, this has not been done, he added.

Vucic earlier in the day in Belgrade received representatives of the German Bundestag, Peter Beyer and Christian Schmidt. Apart from bilateral relations, economic cooperation, the problems in the dialogue with Pristina was also discussed.

Serbian Prime Minister Ana Brnabic says she doesn't expect Kosovo courts to deal with war crimes cases they have taken over from EULEX in a serious manner.

Speaking in Belgrade on Monday, Brnabic said that political leaders in Pristina are preventing Serbs in Kosovo and Metohija from achieving their basic human rights.

Long-term Pristina lawyer Zivojin Jokanovic said for RTV KIM show “Dogovor” he would be a defense lawyer of Milan Radoicic if Kosovo bodies bring him in and initiate a court proceeding related to the murder of Oliver Ivanovic, KoSSev portal reports.

“I am the future defense lawyer of Milan Radoicic, if he is brought before the justice,” Jokanovic said, adding he has a note of authorization.

Asked whether Radoicic requested that from him personally, Jokanovic responded it has been agreed already.

Kosovo courts do not recognize decisions of the Serbian courts; thus citizens are the most affected, Basic Court in Mitrovica judge Ljiljana Stevanovic told Radio kontakt plus. She added lack of translators and backlog of court cases, some of which became outdated or are about to become are the main issues affecting the integrated judiciary in the north.

Stevanovic underlined that the decision on continuity in recognizing decisions from the Serbian courts is not respected.

As the row over the war veterans' list rumbles on, Kosovo citizens took to the streets on Wednesday to demand the dismissal the Chief Prosecutor Aleksander Lumezi – alleging that he had undermined the investigation into the issue.

A street protest joined by opposition party supporters in Pristina on Wednesday demanded the resignation of the Chief Prosecutor, Aleksander Lumezi, over claims that he was undermining the fight against corruption.

Frequent thefts of properties in Serb areas over the last couple of months fully stopped return process, and also induce pressure on remaining Serbs to move out from areas affected by such incidents, outgoing Kosovo Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Communities and Returns Dalibor Jevtic said, Serbian media reported.

Kosovo Humanitarian Law Centre (HLC) said that during the court proceeding against the Kosovo Deputy Prime Minister, Fatmir Limaj in Djakovica Basic Court, some prosecution witnesses gave up on accusing testimonies they made in earlier hearings, therefore become witnesses of the opposite party in the case, Insajder portal reported.

The Basic Court in Djakovica rejected a lawsuit for the war crimes against Limaj in the case of a murder of two persons in 1998 in the municipality of Malisevo.

A lawyer, Dejan A. Vasic told Kontakt Plus Radio on Friday, that his client Darko Tasic was verbally attacked and insulted by Kosovo Albanian. The incident occurred in the premises of the Kosovo Special Prosecution in Pristina, while Tasic was interrogated.

A witness, Kosovo Albanian from Mala Krusa village near Prizren called Tasic derogatory names and swear at him during the interrogation, in the presence of an international prosecutor, who managed to calm down the situation, that was on the verge of escalating, Vasic told Kontakt Plus Radio.

Kosovo's northern courts provide basic services, including urgent trials, as well as admission of new cases, and provision of other services is expected soon - the Kosovo Judicial Council announced, reports KIM radio.

On its official website, the Council published an "announcement for media on the judiciary in the Mitrovica region", while informing citizens that, in line with the Brussels Agreement, "the structures of the judiciary of Kosovo function and in this region", the announcement states, from October.