The Serb deputy at the Assembly of Kosovo, Nenad Rasic, considers that it is impossible for him to have any impact on the Serbian List to vote the Kosovo Armed Force (KAF). He said that the Serbian List is being influenced by Belgrade and they consider that it is not in interest of Kosovo Serbs to vote KAF at the Assembly. “As you know, the Serbian List has a majority of votes of Serb community, and I am a deputy that cannot change their position with regards to the Kosovo Army.

UNESCO’s Executive Council will review Kosovo’s application for membership on 3 October. According to Kosovo’s Deputy Foreign Minister Petrit Selimi, Serbia will be unable to prevent Kosovo’s membership. “Legally, Kosovo is eligible to apply to UNESCO because two-thirds of votes are not necessary and there are many European countries that gained UNESCO membership before becoming members of the UN”, said Selimi in an interview for Radio Kosova.

For a long time the US supports stronger and bigger EU, thus, support for Serbian path to the EU is something most natural, said Daniel Server, professor and expert for Balkans from the Washington-based John Hopkins Institute According to Server, the biggest challenge from Washington’s angle for dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina is finding an adequate formula for creation of the Association/Community of Serb municipalities (A/CSM) in Kosovo. When asked whether there are any pressure from the US on Serbia when it comes to creation of the A/CSM Server said

Court of Appeals has kept in power the detention measure for the five individuals suspected for criminal offense of “preparing terrorist criminal offences, or offences against the constitutional order and security of the Republic of Kosovo,” Article 144, related to the Article 135 of the penal code of Kosovo. Therefore the panel of judges rejected the appeals of the defendants, B.L., E.L., M.H., G.H., and F.M., as not grounded, and certified the decision of the Basic Court in Pristina, PPKR.NR.254/2015, dated 13.07.2015.

Dacic told the Belgrade-based daily Kurir that Kosovo's bid to join UNESCO is a distortion of the latest agreement reached by Belgrade and Pristina in Brussels.

Attacks on Serbs in Kosovo and Metohija are continuing, that causes worries and concerns, stated Minister for Local Administration in the Kosovo government Ljubomir Maric.

Association for Missing Persons has expressed its dissatisfaction due to the fact that even after 17 years no one was brought to justice for attacks, maltreating, kidnappings and murders of civilians on the territory of Orahovac/Rahovec municipality in the period 1998-2000, and announced a commemoration service for victims on 17 July in Belgrade and Velika Hoca in Kosovo. “If 17 years were too little to gather evidences on crimes, we are wondering how much time will they need to bring perpetrators to justice,” said chairperson of the Association Verica Tomanovi

European Union membership is not possible without compromise, Belgrade and Pristina should understand that without successful accomplishment of negotiations there would be no progress toward our joint European future, said chairperson of the Belgrade Fund for Political Excellence, Sonja Liht. Liht said to North Mitrovica-based paper Jedinstvo that this was and the message of the German Chancellor Angela Merkel who commended Belgrade during her recent visit, first of all for its readiness for reaching compromise. Lihg claims that there won’t be new conditions s

Statements of the Greece Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias given to Pristina-based media are clear.

Serbs from village Goraždevac, Peć/Peja municipality, have requested protection from Kosovo institutions and international community following the latest incidents. They fear that attacks in Goraždevac and returnee villages in Peć/Peja region are silently approved in order that remaining Serbs are frightened and leave Metohija region. Mladen Stevanović from the same village says that there is no one to protect them.