Kosovo police

STRPCE - Ivan Redzic, official of the municipality of Strpce, has said that five Serbs from this town, who were arrested in Tuesday's action by the Kosovo police, have been placed in custody.

ZVECAN - Aleksandar Vulin, Serbia's minister without portfolio in charge of Kosovo-Metohija, has noted that the operation that Kosovo police carried out in Strpce, southern Kosovo-Metohija, on Tuesday was aimed at intimidating Serbs and forcing them to flee.

OSCE: Elections conducted successfully

PRIŠTINA -- The OSCE in Kosovo has expressed satisfaction that the repeat mayoral elections in northern Kosovska Mitrovica they facilitated were carried out successfully.

BELGRADE - The Serbian government Office for Kosovo-Metohija (KiM) condemned the decision of the Kosovo Police Service and Pristina institutions to ban around 120 Kosovo Serbs from visiting the graves of their loved ones on Saturday to mark the Orthodox All Souls' Day.