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We'll solve the murder of the Bytyqi brothers (Danas)

Interview: Vladimir Vukcevic, the War crimes prosecutor The Prime Minister said recently that only the case of murder of the Bytyqi brothers hampers excellent relations with the United States. Is there any progress in the case that you took over? It's a case listed under number one in our Prosecution. The team working on this case is having several meetings a day about it. There is progress, but that is all I can say in order not to jeopardize the investigation.

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Belgrade accepts the entry of Pristina in international organizations? (Danas)

Continuation of political negotiations between Belgrade and Pristina was announced for 25 August and talks could be completed by signing four new agreements, claim the EU sources. As stated, the prime ministers of Serbia and Kosovo, Aleksandar Vucic and Isa Mustafa should sign agreements on energy, telecommunications, Community/ Association of Serbian municipalities (ZSO) and the document related to the principle of normalization of relations between Belgrade and Pristina (it is still unknown whether it will be second Brussels agreement).

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"Recognition of Kosovo condition for Greece" (Dailies)

Although Ivica Dacic recently announced that Greek PM Alexis Tsipras will visit Serbia in the fall, two Belgrade based newspapers say this will not happen Thus the daily Blic writes that the package of conditions that Greece must fulfill to receive financial assistance from the West includes recognizing Kosovo.

Greece is one of five EU countries that do not recognize the unilateral declaration of independence made by ethnic Albanians in 2008. Dacic, Serbia's foreign minister, and Tsipras met last week in Egypt for the opening of a new section of the Suez Canal

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Schwendiman: I might become special prosecutor for war crimes in Kosovo (Danas)

Lead Prosecutor of the Special Investigative Task Force (SITF) that investigates war crimes and organized crime allegations deriving from the Council of Europe special rapporteur Dick Marty’s report, David Schwendiman, said to Danas that amendments and the law adopted by the Kosovo parliament on 3 August provides that SITF lead prosecutor could be appointed as a special prosecutor.

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The issue of survival is not resolved (Danas)

A large number of the members of the Serbian MIA and Civil protection who have lost their jobs, selection of Serbian judges and prosecutors for the Kosovo judicial system, Ivanovic’s case and seizure of the church property are the results of the Brussels agreement. In the long term they may endanger the survival of the Serbian people and its cultural heritage in Kosovo and Metohija, claim current and former member of the Assembly of Kosovo, Nenad Rasic and Rada Trajkovic.

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Belgrade does not believe in Pristina's sincere intention (Danas,Tanjug)

Belgrade does not believe Pristina has the administrative capacities or sincere intention to bring to justice perpetrators of horrendous crimes of the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA), Director of the Office for Kosovo-Metohija (KiM) Marko Djuric has said. “I think we would have had much firmer guarantees that justice would be served had these crimes been in the jurisdiction of the court backed by the UN Security Council.

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Current status of the Serbian heritage is optimal (Danas)

Currently, on the UNESCO list of world cultural heritage, the Serbian monuments in Kosovo are under Serbia. However, in July at the meeting of the Committee for World Heritage, without discussion was decided that these are ‘medieval monuments in Kosovo.’ When asked what does that mean, Serbian Ambassador to UNESCO Darko Tanaskovic responded that "there are many ambiguities and arbitrary reasoning related to the current treatment of the documents of the World Heritage Committee, when it comes to the Serbian cultural heritage.

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