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The Serbian government welcomed an EU task force announcement about indictments for alleged Kosovo Liberation Army crimes against Serbs, but said justice will only be done when perpetrators are convicted.

Del Ponte regrets lack of evidence in organ harvesting case

BELGRADE -- Carla Del Ponte expressed regret today that an EU team headed by U.S. prosecutor John Clint Williamson was unable to find sufficient evidence in their probe.

They looked into allegations of human organ trafficking in Kosovo.

TAIPEI - Young Serbian judoist Stefan Jurisic won the bronze in the category of competitors weighing up to 100 kilogrammes at the Asian Open in Taipei.

Jurisic scored two victories and one defeat at the tournament, thus managing to win 40 new points in the race for the 2016 Olympics.

Parliament hosts exhibition on outbreak of WW1

BELGRADE -- The "July 1914 - in the Documents of the Archive of Serbia" exhibition opened in the Serbian parliament building in Belgrade on Monday.

This came on the 100th anniversary since the Austro-Hungarian Empire declared war on the Kingdom of Serbia, starting the First World War.

Britain's prime minister announced new measures to cut immigration on Tuesday in a bid to lure voters from eurosceptic rivals 10 months from a general election.
      
"We are making changes to put the British people first," David Cameron wrote in an editorial in The Telegraph newspaper.
      

Slovenia has announced it is re-launching the privatization of 15 state-owned enterprises before the new government assumes office.

The plan was temporarily frozen due to the parliamentary elections, according to reports of the BGNES news agency.

BELGRADE - Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic conferred on Tuesday with U.S. Ambassador Michael Kirby on a series of issues, especially those connected to Serbia's EU path.

Commenting on the opening of Chapter 35 (which covers the Kosovo issue), Vucic underscored that he hopes the Kosovo government would be constituted soon so that the Belgrade-Pristina dialogue could continue.

The interim cabinet due to be sworn in on August 6 could include a minister in charge of the upcoming early elections in October.

Citing its own sources, the news website Mediapool.bg reveals the move is likely to be proposed by President Rosen Plevneliev.

Serbians still in critical condition after deadly crash

SKOPJE -- Two Serbian citizens are in the hospital in Macedonia in a critical condition after a traffic accident late on Monday that killed an 8-month-old baby.

Families of kidnapped Serbs want indictments

BELGRADE -- An association of families of Serb victims in Kosovo has expressed dissatisfaction with a statement of organ trafficking case investigator Clint Williamson.

The American prosecutor who heads a EU special team said in Brussels there was "not enough evidence" to raise indictments.