While Serbs in Romania enjoy all their basic human rights, including religious, guaranteed by the Romanian constitution, unfortunately Romanians living in Timok, Serbia are prohibited to even pray in their own language. "Romanians living in Serbia do not have any basic human rights, being discriminated for even practicing their religion in their native language," writes one of the prestigious Romanian daily papers, Evenimentul Zilei. 

On 10 September 2008 the District Court at The Hague will give its decision in the first civil actions brought against the Dutch State by relatives of the victims of genocide at Srebrenica. Hasan Nuhanovic and the family of Rizo Mustafic are seeking to establish that the Dutch state is responsible for the failure of Dutch troops acting under a United Nations mandate to protect their family members who were massacred at Srebrenica in July 1995.

Serb Education Minister Zarko Obradovic has repeated the stance of the Serb Government not to recognize diplomas issued by the University of Prishtina, which are endorsed by the UN Mission in Kosovo.

French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner has made it clear to Serbia that Europe will not support Serbia's initiative seeking an advisory, legally non-binding opinion from the International Justice Court regarding the Kosovo independence.