Kosovo police

BELGRADE - A protest was organized in the northern part of Kosovska Mitrovica Monday against announced changes in the composition of the regional police command in the four Serb-majority municipalities in the north of Kosovo-Metohija (KiM).

KOSOVSKA MITROVICA - An unidentified individual threw a hand grenade in the downtown of northern Kosovska Mitrovica and although certain damage was done, nobody was injured in the incident.

The blast occurred in front of a confectionery of a Gorani owner in the main street early on Saturday, around 6.30 a.m.

OBILIC - A Serbian Orthodox cemetery near Obilic and a cemetery just outside Gnjilane, southern Kosovo, have been desecrated over the past few days by unknown perpetrators.

Tombstones in the cemetery in Krusevac, a village near Obilic, have been knocked over and burned, the Eparchy of Raska and Prizren of the Serbian Orthodox Church has said in a statement.

Serb graves desecrated in two cemeteries in Kosovo

OBILIC -- Graves in two Serbian Orthodox cemeteries in Kosovo have been desecrated, the Serbian Orthodox Church (SPC) Raska-Prizren Diocese has announced.

The incidents happened in the village of Krusevac near Obilic and Donji Livoc near Gnjilane.

PRISTINA - The continued presence of illegal re-occupation of properties gives a cause for concern and calls for a determined response by Kosovo institutions that should guarantee the full protection of the property rights of all communities in Kosovo, reads an OSCE Mission report launched on Thursday.

BELGRADE - The Special Department for Organised Crime of the High Court in Belgrade acquitted businessman Zvonko Veselinovic from Zvecan, northern Kosovo, of charges that he illegally claimed 32 trucks owned by Hypo Alpe Adria Leasing together with his associates.

KOSOVSKA MITROVICA - Mayor of Serb-majority North Mitrovica Goran Rakic does not have a police escort any more, regional operations chief of Kosovo police Zeljko Bojic told Tanjug.

Bojic specified that the main police directorate based in Pristina decided to scrap the police escort service for Rakic on February 2.

Kosovo, BiH work together to combat drug smuggling

Regional co-operation in combating organised crime, especially drug trafficking, is a matter of legal assistance between the states.

Suspected drug lord Naser Kelmendi (right) arrives at the court in Pristina for his trial on January 16th. [AFP]

Another protest in Pristina turns violent

PRISTINA -- The Kosovo police used tear gas and a water cannon on Tuesday in Pristina in an attempt to push back about 1,000 demonstrators who threw rocks at them.

BELGRADE - Deputy Chief Prosecutor at Kosovo's Special Prosecution Office Jonathan Ratel has pledged that EULEX will reopen all cases of kidnapped and murdered journalists in Kosovo-Metohija, the Journalists' Association of Serbia (UNS) has said in a release.