Francesco Paolo Figliuolo

Bulgarian President Rosen Plevneliev will visit Kosovo and Bosnia and Herzegovina on April 21-23.

KOSOVSKA MITROVICA - Security measures have been stepped up in Kosovska Mitrovica following a series of incidents and heightened tensions over the past week, town Mayor Goran Rakic said on Friday.

BELGRADE - Deputy director of the Regional Police in northern Kosovo Besim Hoti told Tanjug Saturday that the police was searching for a young men of Albanian nationality reported missing in the northern part of Kosovska Mitrovica.

PRISTINA - The security situation in Kosovo has improved, the Kfor commander, Italian Major General Francesco Paolo Figliuolo, has said.

PRISTINA - US Ambassador to Serbia Michael Kirby visited the Kfor headquarters in Pristina on Saturday to meet with the peacekeeping force's commander, Italian Major General Francesco Paolo Figliuolo.

Kirby and Figliuolo exchanged opinions on many issues regarding the latest developments in the security and socio-economic situation in Kosovo, Kfor said in a statement.

BELGRADE - Chief of the General Staff of the Serbian Armed Forces Ljubisa Dikovic and KFOR Commander, General Mayor Francesco Paolo Figliuolo conferred on the security situation in Kosovo-Metohija (KiM) and along the administrative line in Krusevac on Friday.

KFOR remains vital for regional stability, development

NATO building KSF capacity "within present mandate"

PRISTINA -- NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said Friday that he "saw progress in the security and political situation in Kosovo but much remained to be done."

PRISTINA - NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said Friday that he saw progress in the security and political situation in Kosovo but still much remained to be done.

Army chief, KFOR commander discuss security

NIS -- Serbian army chief Ljubisa Dikovic KFOR commander Francesco Paolo Figliuolo met and discussed the security situation in Kosovo and on the administrative line.