President of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Art (SANU) Vladimir Kostic said that it was "important to express an opinion and when it is not suitable to the collective mind."

"I will not let someone to determine what I can say and what not and what is a unique opinion corpus which I should adhere to," said Kostic in a statement for the daily Vecernje Novosti.

EC and the European External Action Service (EEAS) put forward the recommendation to the Council of Ministers and the EU Member States to open Chapter 35.

The EC and the EEAS put forward the recommendation to the Council of Ministers and the EU Member States to open Chapter 35 in the accession negotiations with Serbia, which refers to Kosovo, said Maja Kocijancic, the spokesperson of EU's High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Federica Mogherini.

President of the Coordination Body for Presevo, Bujanovac and Medvedja Zoran Stankovic told FoNet that the talks between Pristina and Belgrade in Brussels do not include discussions about the municipalities of Presevo, Bujanovac and Medvedja and called on Albanian leaders from the three municipalities on "political seriousness and responsibility".

A new round of technical dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina will begin in Brussels today.

According to earlier announcements, the topics of discussion should be the community/association of Serbian municipalities (ZSO), energy, telecommunications and traffic on the bridge over the Ibar River in Mitrovica.

Political round of talks with the participation of prime ministers of Serbia and Kosovo, Aleksandar Vucic and Isa Mustafa is scheduled for Tuesday, August 25.

The prime ministers of Albania and Serbia, Aleksandar Vucic and Edi Rama, will be guests in sixty minutes show of the regional TV production "Okruzenje," which is broadcasted in five countries on 11 national and dozens of local television stations, as announced by this production, the RTS will broadcast the show on August 31.

According to the press release, the show will be recorded in a studio in Vienna, during the second conference on the Western Balkans, reports FoNet. The third guest will be Goran Svilanovic, the Secretary General of the Regional Cooperation Council.

Kosovo Deputy Prime Minister Branimir Stojanovic told U.S. Congressman Eliot Engel that Serbs in Kosovo insist on executive powers for the community of Serbian municipalities (ZSO) in the fields of education, economic development, health care and spatial planning.

Stojanovic said to Engel, who is paying a multi-day visit to Kosovo, that this issue is of vital importance for the Serbs.

According to Stojanovic, the U.S. congressman agreed, but urged the Serbs to build their future in Kosovo on an equal footing.

Director of the Serbian government's Office for Kosovo-Metohija Marko Djuric said after the talks with Pristina's delegation in Brussels that no agreement on energy was reached, as Pristina refused to meet the obligations assumed earlier.

"Pristina did not accept for the community of Serb municipalities and the Electric Power Industry of Serbia to establish a new company that would deal with distribution of electricity in the north of Kosovo-Metohija and they bear the responsibility for not having much success today," he told the press in Brussels on Monday.

The coordinator of the talks between Belgrade and Pristina, Blerim Shala said today that Germany requires the signing of the agreement between Serbia and Kosovo in 2016.

"Our goal is, but also the request of Germany, to sign the peace agreement between Kosovo and Serbia in 2016. By the signing, Kosovo will seek membership in the UN and other international organizations," Shala said to the KTV, television based in Kosovo.

Director of the Office of the Government of Serbia for Kosovo, Marko Djuric was in Mitrovica yesterday despite opposition from Pristina, and held a press conference at the bridge over the Ibar River which separates the northern from the southern part of Mitrovica.

Djuric said that Serbia knows what she wants in Kosovo - stability, survival of the Serbian people, more harmony and unity.

Mayor of North Mitrovica Goran Rakic requested last night the authorities to investigate the responsibility of the police officers who were on duty at the place where the young men was stabbed.

"We seek from the regional commander to submit a report, starting from the head of the shift to every officer who was at the time of the attack near that place, regardless of whether the police officer is employed in the police station North or South", said Rakic after an emergency meeting of representatives of local and the Regional Directorate of the Kosovo Police in northern Kosovo.