Albanians in Serbia

Ragmi Mustafa told T7 broadcaster that Pristina delegation led by President Hashim Thaci "should take seriously the request of Albanians in Presevo Valley to discuss their matter in Brussels."

As some Serbian and Kosovo politicians mull swapping territories between the two countries, members of the the ethnic Albanian minority in southern Serbia say they would rather see both countries inside the EU.

"This is not something new. This is a story that circles both in southern Serbia and Kosovo," Nedzad Beljulji, the owner of TV Spectra in Bujanovac, in southern Serbia, said.

President of the Municipal Assembly of Bujanovac and National Council of Albanians in Serbia Jonuz Musliu has died.

He died a hospital in Turkey, where he was receiving treatment, RTS is reporting on Thursday, citing FoNet.

The news website Presheva Jone (Our Preshevo) will soon launch a newspaper in Albanian under the same name with a daily circulation of 1,000 copies, Serbian website Juzne vesti (Southern News) reported on Monday.

President of the National Council of Albanians Jonuz Musliu says a Belgrade court has sentenced him to 40 days in prison, and that the ruling is final.

However, Musliu, who also serves as president of the municipal assembly of Bujanovac, said he "does not know" what the ruling refers to.

Albanian President Bujar Nishani arrived in Bujanovac shortly after noon on Tuesday, marking the start of his one-day visit to Bujanovac and Presevo.

Nishani was greeted in front of the municipal building by Mayor of Bujanovac Saip Kamberi and Mayor of Bujanova Jonuz Musliu, who is also president of the National Council of Albanians in Serbia.

Albanian President Bujar Nishani arrived in Bujanovac shortly after noon on Tuesday, marking the start of his one-day visit to Bujanovac and Presevo.

Nishani was greeted in front of the municipal building by Mayor of Bujanovac Saip Kamberi and Mayor of Bujanova Jonuz Musliu, who is also president of the National Council of Albanians in Serbia.

BELGRADE - Making Serbia's ethnic Albanians a part of the parliamentary majority is the fundamental issue, the leader of the ethnic Albanian Party for Democratic Action Riza Halimi said Monday after consultations with Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic on the new government.

Albanian pupils and teachers in the southern Serbian municipalities of Presevo and Bujanovac on Tuesday boycotted classes in protest against what they say is the obstruction of textbooks in Albanian by the Serbian Ministry of Education.

The delegation of lawmakers from the Albanian parliamentary education commission announced on Wednesday that it would make an informal visit to Presevo in southern Serbia at the start of next month in an attempt to help ethnic Albanian youngsters who are lacking the schoolbooks they need for their studies.