Prishtina

Opposition parties in Kosovo have called on people to take to the streets again on February 17, when the country will celebrate the eighth anniversary of the declaration of independence.

It seemed so simple on paper. Under an EU-brokered agreement between Kosovo and Serbia, almost 500 former employees of the ethnic Serbian "Civil Protection Corps" were to be integrated into the relevant Kosovo state agencies.

Kosovo announced that the process of integration was complete on January 12.

The Balkan Investigative Reporting Network, BIRN, has been awarded a legal victory over the Kosovo Prime Minister's office by a court in Prishtina, following a three-year battle to gain access to government travel expense documents.

Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias has arrived at the Kosovo capital Prishtina for an official visit.

He will be meeting with the country's Prime Minister Isa Mustafa and his colleague and Vice PM Hashim Thaci.

Kosovo police arrested five persons on Saturday suspected of planning to poison the water supply to the city of Pristina in Lake Badovc.

Three were arrested in the vicinity of the Badovc Lake, police said, while two others were arrested later.

On Sunday, the Basic Court in Pristina ordered a month's detention for all five.

Water supplies to almost half of Kosovo's capital city Pristina were turned off on July 11 after police arrested three people on terrorism charges close to an artificial lake. 

Two other men were arrested later in the day. All face terrorism charges, police said, without giving any further details. 

Around 70 Kosovar immigrants were flown back from Budapest to Prishtina  on a flight organized by the Ministry of Interior of Kosovo.

The passengers were a wider group of Kosovar migrants to countries including Austria, Sweden, Germany, Slovakia, Finland and Hungary whose temporary asylum status in these countries had expired.

The future of a controversial Serbian church in Prishtina, half-finished under the Milosevic regime, hangs in the balance as arguments continue over whether it is an illegal construct.

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg visited Kosovo on Friday to inspect the NATO mission and meet political leaders who briefed him on the current situation.

The trial of Naser Kelmendi started in Prishtina on Friday with EULEX Special Prosecutor Andrew Hughes giving an opening statement in front of the Basic Court in Prishtina.