Sladjan Trajkovic

PRISTINA - Following a decision by a Pristina basic court to once again extend custody for an arrested Kosovo Serb, his lawyer said on Friday he had filed a request for protection of legality with the supreme court of the so-called Kosovo due to gross breaches of the law during the proceedings.

PRISTINA - A Pristina basic court has extended by two months the detention of Kosovo Serb Sladjan Trajkovic, a former police officer charged with alleged war crimes, his wife confirmed to Tanjug on Wednesday.

KOSOVSKA MITROVICA - Kosovo Serb Miljan Adzic, who was arrested by Pristina's police on December 9 for an alleged attack on an official person, has been released pending a ruling, his lawyer Milos Delevic told Tanjug on Monday.

Delevic added that Adzic, a resident of Zvecan, northern Kosovo-Metohija, had been released from a detention unit in Podujevo on a 20,000 euro bail.

BELGRADE- The interim authorities in Pristina have denied a request by Belgrade's liaison officer Dejan Pavicevic to visit two Serb detainees in a Podujevo prison to see the conditions they are being held in and verify that their rights are respected, the Serbian government Office for Kosovo-Metohija said on Friday.

PRISTINA - KFOR removed the last barricade in the north of Kosovo-Metohija on Tuesday.

A KFOR unit conducted an engineer operation, removing two trucks from the new bridge at Dudin Krs in the north of Kosovska Mitrovica.

KFOR said it had removed the vehicles to make roads in the north of Kosovo-Metohija passable and restore freedom of movement, the RTS reported.