A conference on improvement of cooperation between the majority and minority communities, as well as between the central and local government in Kosovo, was organized in Pristina in the scope of the USAID Advancing Kosovo Together (AKT) program.

At the Effective Representation of Communities' Interests in Local and Central Government in Kosovo conference held on Tuesday, Kosovo Minister for Communities and Return Dalibor Jevtic said that improvement in cooperation between local and central authorities creates conditions for sustainable return.

During the opening ceremony of the renovated building of the Archives of the Serbian Republic Geodetic Institute was said that within next 12 months all cadastral documentation in digital form will be handed over to Kosovo.

Cadastral documentation from Kosovo and Metohija has been in the possession of the Serbian Geodetic Institute RGA, and when it will be transferred to digital form, a copy of all these documents in digital and electronic form will be given to Pristina.

Conference of the Executive Council of Local Public Safety Committees, organized by the OSCE, was held today in Pristina in presence of the Kosovo Minister of Internal Affairs Skender Hyseni, representatives of Kosovo Police and delegations from Montenegro and Macedonia.

In a village in the municipality of Zvecan tomorrow will be buried mortal remains of the Albanian national hero Isa Boletini, which is why Kosovo police will increase its presence in this municipality in northern Kosovo.

"Regional Police Directorate Mitrovica-North prepared the operational plan following the instructions from General Directorate of the police in Pristina, that stipulates increased presence of police officers, in multi-ethnic communities and in the area of ​​responsibility of the police station Zvecan," Bojic said.

Construction of the highway Nis-Pristina-Durres is important for Serbia because it will connect Corridor 10 with the Albanian ports of Durres and Vlora which should be counted on in the future, stated State Secretary in the Ministry of Construction, Transport and Infrastructure.

Minister of Local Government Administration in Kosovo Ljubomir Maric announced that businessmen from Serbia and others who will invest in Kosovo and Metohija will be offered a sustainable development strategy.

Maric said that the strategy will contain the details of the potentials for investment in 10 municipalities. "Those are local governments that will be part of a future Association / Community of Serbian municipalities (ZSO), so this will also be the development strategy of the ZSO," said Maric.

Director of the Serbian Government Office for Kosovo and Metohija Marko Djuric said that Pristina does not encourage the return of displaced persons and expressed hope that the entry into the function of Serbian judges and return of the usurped and destroyed property will create conditions for better return.

The first meeting of the Kosovo government’s inter-ministerial group is set to take place today in Pristina. The session will be chaired by the Minister for Communities and Return, Dalibor Jevtić.

The Serbian List will support constitutional amendments for creation of the special court, said Minister for Communities and Return in the Kosovo government Dalibor Jevtic, and stressed that its creation is important for the future of Kosovo. “Those who committed crimes must be held responsible,” said Jevtic.

Kosovo parliament’s session dedicated to constitutional amendments and the draft law on the creation of the special court for war crimes committed by the Kosovo Liberation Army is set for tomorrow.

Serbia's Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic said in New York that his country considers that international presence is still necessary in Kosovo, adding he urges further quarterly reporting by the UN Security Council on the situation in Kosovo.

It is very important for Serbia that the UNSC continuously monitors developments in Kosovo. We advocate keeping the institution of quarterly reporting, although some countries advocate reports twice a year, Dacic said after a UNSC session,