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On July 30, the REM Council voted twice for a chair but did not reach the required majority: Miloš Garić received four votes and Dubravka Valić Nedeljković three. The next meeting is planned for the second half of August; until then, the Council will continue working without an elected chair.
Lawyer Ivan Ninić asked Serbia’s Supreme Public Prosecutor to oversee the Organized Crime Prosecutor’s work on the killing of six young people at the Panda café in Peć on December 14, 1998. According to Ninić’s submission reported by Danas, the case has remained in investigative and evidentiary procedures for years; no new prosecutorial decision has been announced.
Human remains were found in the village of Mala Kaludra in Zubin Potok municipality. A Kosovo Institute of Forensic Medicine representative said the initial assessment considers them of forensic interest; further conclusions require expert examination.
The EU said Serbia aligned with two new foreign-policy decisions on Lebanon and Sudan, but not with four restrictive-measures decisions linked to Russia, cyberattacks and serious human-rights abuses. N1 reports that the other Western Balkan candidates aligned with all four decisions.
NIS has filed a new US Treasury request for an operating license. Its current OFAC license and MOL's negotiation permission expire on 31 July; no decision on the new request has been announced.
Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić said he hopes to complete the transaction to buy the Russian stake in NIS by the end of September. This is a target rather than an announced agreement: N1 says the talks concern the sale of Gazprom Neft's stake, with the outcome dependent on completing technical work and external approvals.
