Government of Kosovo

The Serbian Government's Office for Kosovo and Metohija has denied the claim made by the Kosovo minister for dialogue that Belgrade "recognized Kosovo."

After nine hours of talks in Brussels, the Serbian and Kosovo Prime Ministers, Aleksandar Vucic and Isa Mustafa, finalized key deals on energy, telecommunications and the Association of Serbian Municipalities.

They also agreed an arrangement for the Ibar river bridge, which splits the divided northern Kosovo town of Mitrovica into Serbian and Albanian parts.

The two sides, headed by prime ministers Aleksandar Vucic and Isa Mustafa, are due to meet on Tuesday to finalize key deals on energy, telecommunications and the Association of Serbian Municipalities, the EU said.

Implementation of Security Council Resolution 1244 "will remain at the core of the UN policy toward Kosovo."

This is what Serbian Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic and United Nations (UN) Secretary General Ban Ki-moon agreed on Saturday, according to Tanjug.

A Belgrade economist has welcomed the call by Safet Gërxhaliu, President of Kosovo's Chamber of Commerce, for Serbian investors to develop businesses in Kosovo.

During his recent visit to Serbia, Gërxhaliu advised Serbian companies to start thinking about opening workplaces in Kosovo where members of the different ethnic groups can work together.

FM Ivica Dacic received on Tuesday the farewell visit of Special Representative of UN Secretary General for Kosovo and Head of UNMIK Mission Farid Zarif.

According to Tanjug, Dacic "expressed special gratitude to him for the efforts invested in the implementation of UNMIK mandate."

Serbia's Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic has said that he will take part in a United Nations Security Council (UNSC) meeting on Kosovo on August 21.

Dacic also announced he would attend a UN conference in Mexico, "where he will have important bilateral meetings touching on Kosovo, a few days later."

Kosovo Interior Minister Skender Hyseni has said that Kosovo has applied for full membership in Interpol.

Hyseni said for the Pristina-based Tribuna that Interpol was most likely to consider the request during the 84th regular session of the 84th Interpol General Assembly in November.

The deputy Kosovo foreign minister has denied Serbian FM Ivica Dacic's statement that the UN refused to forward Pristina's membership bid to UNESCO.

The Self-Determination Movement has threatened to organize the most fierce unrest so far and blockades of all institutions in Kosovo.

This opposition party in the Kosovo assembly announced it would do so if Pristina "accepts to form a community of Serb municipalities."