Office for Kosovo-Metohija

BELGRADE - The head of the Serbian government Office for Kosovo-Metohija, Marko Djuric, met with the diplomatic representatives of several Latin American countries in Serbia on Wednesday, briefing them on the course of the Belgrade-Pristina dialogue and the situation in Kosovo-Metohija.

BELGRADE - Politically, establishment of the community of Serb municipalities in Kosovo-Metohija is an obligation under the Brussels Agreement and it is advocated by Belgrade and the representatives of the Srpska list in the province, the head of the Serbian government Office for Kosovo-Metohija, Marko Djuric, said Wednesday.

KOSOVSKA MITROVICA - A memorial service held early Tuesday in the church of St. Dimitrije in Kosovska Mitrovica, northern Kosovo-Metohija, marked the start of commemorations of the 16th anniversary of the onset of the NATO bombing of Yugoslavia.

BELGRADE - Marko Djuric, head of the Serbian government's Office for Kosovo-Metohija, stated on Monday that people in Kosovo-Metohija (KiM) should not be misguided that Serbia will recognize the independence of its southern province.

GRACANICA - Director of the Serbian government's Office for Kosovo-Metohija (KiM) Marko Djuric said that members of the assemblies of the Serb-majority municipalities gathered in Gracanica on Wednesday to create the political conditions for setting up the community of Serb municipalities (ZSO).

BELGRADE - Former employees of the Police Administration (PU) in Kosovska Mitrovica, who stopped working after an agreement on police was reached as part of Belgrade-Pristina talks in Brussels, said Wednesday that they would radicalize their protest by blocking administrative crossings if their demands were not met.

BELGRADE - Marko Djuric, director of the Serbian government's Office for Kosovo-Metohija (KiM), stated that 11 years after the March pogrom, Serbs in KiM are still not free, and expressed expectation that the ones responsible for the Golgotha of Serbs will finally be punished.

BELGRADE - Representatives of the Srpska List will not go back to being part of the Kosovo government and institutions unless the ruling parties of ethnic Albanians decide to stick to the signed coalition agreement, Director of the Serbian government's Office for Kosovo-Metohija (KiM) Marko Djuric said on Wednesday.

GRACANICA - The future community of Serb municipalities will be funded by Belgrade, Pristina and the international community, and the Serbian government will continue to support the Kosovo-Metohija Serbs financially, the head of the Serbian government Office for Kosovo-Metohija, Marko Djuric, said in Gracanica on Tuesday.

BELGRADE - Director of the Serbian government Office for Kosovo-Metohija (KiM) Marko Djuric qualified on Sunday as incorrect and detrimental the statement by European Parliament Vice President Ulrike Lunacek who said that recognition of Kosovo constitutes a condition for Serbia's EU accession.