Autonomous Province of Kosovo and Metohija

BELGRADE - Serbian Defence Minister Milos Vucevic said on Tuesday that Serbia was a rule-of-law state in which no one was above the law and that the citizens' electoral will could not be annulled because, that way, all values of democracy and a democratic state would be annulled as well.

"First of all, I want to wish merry Christmas to the Catholics who are celebrating today. Peace, health, happiness at home and a good year. For Christmas, I will answer to the questions from journalists, and today I will present everything that is important for Serbia in the next four years," the president said at the beginning of his address.

BELGRADE - The head of the Serbian government Office for Kosovo-Metohija Petar Petkovic said on Thursday Pristina's usurpation of the Rajska banja spa complex near Zvecan was a sheer robbery of private property owned by the Serbian Orthodox Church.

VRBAS - Obliterating the name Banjska, as well as the Rajska banja spa complex - in which Belgrade has invested considerably - is what Pristina would like the most, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said on Thursday.

Claudia Tenney, who is also the co-chair of the Serbian caucus in the US Congress, submitted a bill that would suspend all aid to Pristina until it fulfills its obligations.

BELGRADE - The head of the Serbian government Office for Kosovo-Metohija Petar Petkovic said on Tuesday Pristina's raid of the Rajska banja resort at Banjska near Zvecan earlier in the day was a part of a plan aimed at ethnically cleansing Serbs from the province.

This is claimed by the so-called deputy director of the Kosovo Police for the North region, Veton Elshani.
He told Klan Kosova that the action started at 12 o'clock and is still ongoing.
According to him, the action was initiated because the aforementioned facility allegedly does not have an adequate permit for work.

KOSOVSKA MITROVICA - A sign reading "KLA" - short for "Kosovo Liberation Army" - has been erected on a hill overlooking Kosovska Mitrovica.

The large red sign can be seen on the Crnusa hill, designated by local authorities in the southern, ethnic Albanian-populated part of Kosovoska Mitrovica as the site of a new Kosovo Security Force base, the RTS reported.

BELGRADE - The head of Serbia's national electoral commission Vladimir Dimitrijevic said that, by 6 pm, around 22,000 voters from Kosovo-Metohija had voted at 51 polling stations in the south of central Serbia in Sunday's parliamentary elections.

At a press conference, Dimitrijevic said the voters from Kosovo-Metohija had cast their ballots in Vranje, Raska, Tutin and Kursumlija.

RASKA - Srpska lista leader Zlatan Elek said the citizens of Kosovo-Metohija had once again demonstrated unity by voting in Sunday's Serbian elections.

He said he was glad many Serbs from the Autonomous Province of Kosovo-Metohija had set off to central Serbia early in the morning to vote in the elections.