The Basic Court in Skopje sent Tomor Morina former KLA member arrested at the border crossing point of Blace in North Macedonia to 30 days in detention, RTS reports.

Morina received an extradition detention measure as proposed by the Skopje public prosecution and based on an international arrest warrant issued by Serbia.

Serbian prosecution suspects Morina of committing war crimes against the civilian population in Kosovo and Metohija, RTS reported.

Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic met today with the Serbian Orthodox Church Patriarch Irinej in Belgrade today, Tanjug news agency reported.

Vucic said that the situation in Kosovo and Metohija gets more complicated every time they meet, adding Serbia was left nothing but to fight. He thanked the Patriarch Irinej because the Church has always been by its people and the state.

Hashim Thaci and Kadri Veseli were also interviewed by the Special Court for war crimes, but unlike Haradinaj they hid it from the public, Rada Trajkovic told “Dan uzivo” broadcast on TV N1, KoSSev portal reports.

According to her, many states, among them Russia as well, possess material evidence on organ trade, something that this country uses to make influence over Thaci and the negotiation process. On the other hand, Trajkovic opined preservation of his role in the dialogue is the only thing at Thaci’s disposal to prolong the beginning of the process against him.

Future of Belgrade-Pristina dialogue is very much uncertain because it is not known what the further development of the situation in Kosovo and Metohija would look like, Serbian Foreign Affairs Minister Ivica Dacic assessed, B92 reports.

He added that at the end of August new visits by international officials to Serbia might be expected, new initiatives and new assessments of the situation in Kosovo. He repeated the US does not want to exert pressure on Serbia, because, as he said, the US knows the problem is not in Belgrade but rather in Pristina.

So far, 13 states had decided to revoke recognition of Kosovo independence claims Serbian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, RFE reports.

Those are the following countries: São Tomé and Príncipe, Surinam, Guinea-Bissau, Burundi, Liberia, Papua New Guinea, Lesotho, Commonwealth Dominica, Grenada, Union of Comoros, the Solomon Islands, Madagascar and Palau for which the Ministry submitted to the Radio Free Europe (RFE) copies of diplomatic notes in which they inform the Ministry on their decision.

After the hearing at The Hague Court outgoing Kosovo Prime Minister Haradinaj arranged secret meetings with his commanders of former KLA's operational zone Pastrik brigade, Belgrade-based Blic daily reports.  According to the daily the prosecutor in The Hague had interrogated Haradinaj for an hour, and he refused to answer to his questions.

Blic further writes referring to its sources that during the conflict everything outside the Albanian border could not have happened without the approval of Haradinaj, as this was the part of the region under his control.

Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic commented today on the news that Ramush Haradinaj was interviewed in the Special Court for KLA crimes in The Hague saying that no one has brought the justice to the Serbs and he expects it won’t happen in the future either, RTS reports.  

He underlined that double standards are at play and no one can answer the question – where are the rights and the justice? He also said Serbian tear has no parents nor would it have, and that Serbia must fight for the better future, but in a manner not to jeopardize it.

Twenty years after the NATO bombing of Serbia and conflict in Kosovo, destiny of several hundreds of missing Serbs still remains unknown, TV N1 said.

According to the Council of Europe Special Rapporteur Dick Marty’s report many of them have been kidnapped and taken to the camps in the north of Albania, and later became victims of organ harvesting.

Leader of Peoples’ Party (NS) Vuk Jeremic said yesterday that all those who would like to “get rid” of Kosovo and Metohija should vote for Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic and Serbian Progressive Party (SNS), Danas daily reports.

“(…) Kosovo and Metohija can become an independent state only by a signature of the Serbian hand on the agreement that would enable Pristina’s membership in the UN. We must not allow Vucic to do it,” Jeremic said in Pancevo during the talks with citizens and members of the organizations and parties of the Alliance for Serbia (SzS).

Ramush Haradinaj would face The Hague Court for the third time and it remains unknown if an indictment against him would be raised RTS reports today. Journalist Ljiljana Smajlovic said the witnesses are still the main problem when it comes to Haradinaj.

“Witnesses are the main problem with Haradinaj, they were afraid earlier to talk about KLA existence and let alone the crimes,” Smajlovic told RTS morning news edition.