The families of victims of crimes committed in Kosovo wait too long for the justice and the truth about the fate of their loved ones, said in an interview for Tanjug Michael Montgomery, an American journalist who discovered “Yellow House” in Albania, where, according to the report of the Special Rapporteur of the Council of Europe, Dick Marty, the organs of abducted people were harvested. 

- Members of the Parliamentary Board for European Integration received information on what was the content of discussions with representatives of the Bundestag, but requirements that are repeated during a meeting in Belgrade as a condition of further progress towards full membership in the EU will not be a separate item on the agenda of the forthcoming session - said for Dnevnik Board Chairman Alexander Senic, announcing a meeting of that body which will discuss quarterly report prepared by the office of the Minister without portfolio responsible for EU integration Jadranka Joksim

The Director of the Serbian Government Office for Kosovo and Metohija, Marko Djuric, said today in a talk with UNMIK chief Farid Zarif in Kosovska Mitrovica that Belgrade’s key interest in Kosovo is stability. He added that Serbia, with the “reinforced power” it has gained from entering the provincial government and parliament of Kosovo, will continue to fight for the rights of its citizens. 

The Kosovo authorities and rights campaigners launched a national petition urging the United Nations to produce a report about rapes committed during the late 1990s conflict.

The authorities set up tents on Monday in towns across Kosovo, excluding Serb-majority areas, where people could sign the petition calling on the UN to finally establish the facts about rapes by Serbian fighters during the 1998-99 war.

Albanians in the US have announced that they will stage a protest on Monday in front of UN Headquarters in New York over the situation of Albanians in Macedonia. The protest is being organised by Albanians living in the US and is aimed against the conviction of 6 Albanians to life in prison by a Macedonian court. The protest is also a sign of solidarity with similar demonstrations being held in Skopje, Pristina and Tirana. The protest will take place on 14 July from 12:00 to 15:00.

Women raped during the conflict in Kosovo are not included in the United Nations global report on sexual violence. Inclusion of Kosovo in such a report would make it easier for it to demand justice for rapes committed during the conflict. This has led to the initiative to start a petition to the UN to address the issue.

Serbia's Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic will attend a two-day meeting of the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) in New York starting on Monday and inform the members of the council about the extent of the damage caused by the May floods in Serbia and also invite them to take part in the donor conference in Brussels on July 16.

Enver Hoxhaj, deputy leader of the Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK) and Kosovo’s outgoing Foreign Minister, said in an interview for RTK1 that although his party is waiting for the interpretation of the Constitutional Court, the future government of Kosovo cannot be formed without the PDK.