Head of the Serb Helsinki Committee for Human Rights, Sonja Biserko, says that Serbia’s initiative to request a legal opinion on the “legality” of the declaration of independence by Kosovo is loss of time.

Invited by the Czech Foreign Minister Karel Schwarzenberg, Kosovo Foreign Minister, Skënder Hyseni, will be conducting a one day visit in the Czech Republic.

KFOR commander, French Lieutenant General Xavier Bout de Marnhac met yesterday in a farewell meeting with Kosovo Security Force Minister, Fehmi Mujota, and the commander of the Kosovo Protection Corps, Lieutenant General Sylejman Selimi.

UNMIK and EULEX have announced they will sign a memorandum of understanding by the end of August, to clarify the technical aspects of the reconfiguration of UNMIK and define the new responsibilities given to EULEX.