Serbian Government Office for Kosovo

Serbs in Kosovo institutions "played important role"

BELGRADE -- Marko Djuric believes that the role of the Serbs participating in the Kosovo institutions was "important" when it comes to the Trepca case.

Kosovo office head urges solidarity

NOVO BRDO -- Serbian Government Office for Kosovo Director Marko Djuric visited a soup kitchen in the village of Prekovce, in Kosovo for Orthodox Christmas on Wednesday.

"State borders cannot be crossed with Kosovo-issued IDs"

KOSOVSKA MITROVICA -- Marko Đurić has said that Serbia's state borders cannot be crossed using identity documents issued by the unrecognized and self-declared state of Kosovo.

"Conflicts are in somebody's interest"

BELGRADE -- Marko Đurić says he asked UNMIK chief Farid Zarif to further encourage KFOR, EULEX and the Priština authorities to ensure the safety of Serbs in Kosovo.

Jihadist ideology has reached region - official

BELGRADE -- Marko Đurić has said that fundamentalist Islamic state ideology "has penetrated deep into the pores of society in this region as well."

Serb List won't join cabinet with Self-Determination

BELGRADE -- The Serb List is ready to take part in a future Kosovo government that will not have representatives of the Self-Determination Movement, it has been announced.

"Peaceful protests over political persecution"

ZVEČAN -- Councilors from four northern Kosovo municipalities say they would stage peaceful protests against the EU mission in Kosovo, EULEX.

According to them, EULEX is acting contrary to its mandate through political persecution of Serbs.

16 years on, kidnappers of Serb journalists still not found

BELGRADE -- August 21 marks the 16th anniversary since the kidnapping in 1998 of two Serb journalists near Orahovac, in Kosovo.

Belgrade, Priština officials to discuss "tensions"

BRUSSELS -- Catherine Ashton asked her team "to call a meeting of the two sides in Brussels in order to to resolve the tensions in Kosovska Mitrovica," Tanjug reported.

"Invasion of Serb property to be resolved"

FRANKFURT -- Activities of Kosovo's privatization agency undermine the foundations upon which the Serb community in the province is built, says Marko Đurić.

The director of the Serbian Government Office for Kosovo and Metohija spoke for the Serbian-language daily Vesti, published in Frankfurt, Germany.