The European commissioner for neighborhood policy and enlargement, Johannes Hahn, who is visiting Belgrade on Sept. 9, will convey to the Serbian officials "the EU's strong support to the reform program and the process of European integration of Serbia."

The Managing Team for forming the Community of Serbian Municipalities in Kosovo said in Brussels on Sept. 8 that it was starting on a Community statute and that members of the team had discussed this with representatives of the EU's institutions.

The four member team and its expert groups are starting, team member Dejan Radojkovic said after Kosovo President Hashim Thaci and Premier Isa Mustafa ordered it.