Kosovo government

Kosovo office head: Ministerial positions for Serbs

BELGRADE -- Serbia opted to participate in the Kosovo authorities and take on responsibility and expects Serbs to be given ministerial posts, says Marko Đurić.

KOSOVSKA MITROVICA - Director of the Office for Kosovo-Metohija (KiM) Marko Djuric talked with UNMIK Chief Farid Zarif in northern Kosovska Mitrovica on Friday, and told him that Serbia intends to support Serbs' participation in a new Kosovo government.

PRISTINA - The Administrative Office for Northern Mitrovica will be integrated into new municipal administration set up after the previous local elections, Office Head Adrijana Hodzic stated.

"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.

FRANKFURT - Activities of Kosovo's privatization agency undermine the foundations upon which the Serb community in the province is built, Director of the Serbian government's Office for Kosovo-Metohija (KiM) Marko Djuric said Friday.

BRUSSELS - The EU will not send a high-ranking official as an envoy to Pristina to discuss the formation of a new Kosovo government with the local political leaders, Maja Kocijancic, spokesperson of EU High Representative Catherine Ashton, has told Tanjug.

EU denies plans to send envoy to Priština

BRUSSELS -- The EU will not send a high-ranking official as an envoy to Priština to discuss the formation of a new Kosovo government with the local political leaders.

This was announced on Tuesday by Maja Kocijančič, spokesperson of EU High Representative Catherine Ashton.

BELGRADE - Milivoje Mihajlovic, head of the Serbian government's media relations office, is sure that a new Kosovo government will be formed based on the platform of the Brussels agreement, underscoring that the power to tip the scales can be in Serbs' hands.

"Belgrade continues to provide economic aid to Serbs"

BELGRADE -- Belgrade continues to financially help Serbs in Kosovo, but that support should go to development, rather that serve to "pay them to stay (in Kosovo)."

This is what the head of the Serbian government's media office, Milivoje Mihajlović, told B92 TV on Wednesday.

"Important that Serbs take part in government"

BELGRADE -- An agreement has been reached in a meeting with PM Aleksandar Vučić that all those elected on the Serb list in Kosovo "take a united political front."