Kosovo War

Whether the session will be open or closed to the public remains to be seen.

NEW YORK - Serbia's Ambassador to the UN Nemanja Stevanovic submitted on Monday a request by the Republic of Serbia to call an extraordinary UNSC session over the situation in Kosovo-Metohija.

Stevanovic submitted the request to the political adviser of the Guyanese mission to the UN.

Guyana is presiding over the UNSC.

PRISTINA - A Pristina court on Friday sentenced a Kosovo-Metohija Serb to 13 years in prison for an alleged war crime against civilians during the 1999 conflict in Kosovo-Metohija.

BELGRADE - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said on Wednesday he was considering launching a probe into illegal arms supplies to Pristina without getting Serbia into a difficult position.

BELGRADE - The head of the Serbian government Office for Kosovo-Metohija Petar Petkovic on Monday received former investigative judge Danica Marinkovic, who carried out a crime scene investigation following the January 15, 1999, armed clashes in Racak, Kosovo-Metohija.

The Serbian police attacked members of the so-called KLA and their stronghold of terrorists in the village.

A series of attacks and murders of police officers took place.

BELGRADE - Kfor Commander Maj Gen Ozkan Ulutas said on Friday the situation in Kosovo-Metohija was calm overall but remained "fragile following a rise of tensions in the past months."

BELGRADE - Serbian Armed Forces (SAF) Chief of General Staff Gen Milan Mojsilovic received Kfor Commander Maj Gen Ozkan Ulutas in Belgrade on Thursday to discuss the security situation in Kosovo-Metohija.

BELGRADE - Maria Lina Veca, an Italian journalist and researcher who was among the first in the world to uncover the story of organ trafficking in Kosovo-Metohija, says Europe has never had a genuine interest in prosecuting those responsible for these crimes, and notes that the last hope of this ever happening is dashed following Dick Marty's death.

BERN - Dick Marty, the former Council of Europe rapporteur who investigated crimes committed by the so-called "Kosovo Liberation Army" ("KLA") and human organ trafficking in Kosovo-Metohija, died on Thursday aged 78, Swiss.info reported.

The news of his death was confirmed by Switzerland's Radical-Liberal Party.