No conditions for the integration of Serbian judges in Kosovo (Politika)
The Brussels agreement on the judiciary most probably will not be applied on October 17, and Acting President of the High Court in northern Mitrovica Nikola Kabašić says there are more obstacles, reported daily Politika on Friday.
Vulin: Serbian List will not allow creation of Kosovo Army (N1, Politika)
Serbian Defense Minister Aleksandar Vulin says that the Serbian List will not allow formation of Kosovo armed forces and that no one can persuade the Serbian government to agree with the formation of Kosovo Army.
Vulin told Politika daily that "there is nobody who can convince us and make us accept that the Kosovo Army can exist on the territory of the province."
Details emerging about arrest in Kosovo of displaced Serb (B92, Politika)
The lawyer of a Serb who was arrested in Kosovo claims his client was detained based on the statements made by one person, and with no evidence whatsoever.
Dejan Vasic told the Belgrade daily Politika that the defense team of Bogdan Mitrovic has submitted to the war crimes prosecutor in Pristina a proposal to present evidence and hear witnesses.
Continuation of the battle for the UN presence in Kosovo (Politika)
At the meeting of the United Nations Security Council tomorrow is expected a diplomatic struggle to keep the Kosovo issue on the agenda of the world organization that corresponds to Belgrade, writes daily Politika today.
Stanković: There is no parallel between the problem of the Serbs in Kosovo and the three municipalities in the south of Serbia (Politika, RFE)
President of the Coordination Body of the Serbian Government for Preševo, Bujanovac and Medveđa Zoran Stanković states that that there is no parallel between solving the problem of the Serbs in Kosovo and local self-governments in the south of Serbia where Albanians live.
Politika: The Court ready, no big names in the first round of indictments (KIM radio, Politika, Kontakt plus radio, Blic, Srna)
NATO to remain in Western Balkans (Politika, B92)
NATO general compares 1999 attack on Serbia to Nagasaki (B92, Politika)
The bombing of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro) was "NATO's experimental war."
This is according to retired Italian general and NATO military diplomat Biagio di Grazia.
In addition, Di Grazia says he saw parallels between the 1999 bombing, and the atomic bomb the US used against the Japanese town of Nagasaki.
Kosovo Serbs on the alert (Politika)
Daily Politika quotes today Deputy Prime Minister in the Kosovo Government Branimir Stojanović saying that currently there are no operational data which show that safety is jeopardized, but he also says that there was no indication of the pogrom that took place on 17 March 2004.