Autonomous Province of Kosovo and Metohija

NOVO BRDO - Director of the Serbian government Office for Kosovo-Metohija (KiM) Marko Djuric visited the soup kitchen in the village of Prekovce, municipality of Novo Brdo in Kosovo-Metohija (KiM), to mark the holiday of Orthodox Christmas on Wednesday.

GRACANICA - The Serb National Forum (SNF) from Kosovo-Metohija (KiM) sent an open letter to Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic requesting that the Forum should be included in the drafting of the platform on the southern Serbian province which was recently announced by the head of state.

Police have boosted their presence throughout Kosovo in preparation for the main religious holiday of the Serbian minority.

Ice thrown at Serbian Pilgrims in Gjakova

Kosovo police arrested two members of the nationalist Vetevendosje Movement for throwing ice at a bus carrying pilgrims to Serbian Orthodox ceremonies in the western town of Gjakova.

President: Kosovo must not be EU's condition

BELGRADE -- Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic has said that renouncing Kosovo and Metohija must not be a condition for Serbia's entry into the European Union.

"My position is absolutely clear and unchanged - we should be in the EU, and also, that we should join it proudly," Nikolic said late on Monday in an interview, and added:

BELGRADE - Giving up on Kosovo-Metohija must not be a condition for Serbia's accession to the European Union, Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic has said, noting that he wants Serbia to become part of the EU.

More police in Serb areas of Kosovo for Christmas

KOSOVSKA MITROVICA -- More police will be deployed in Serb areas in Kosovo during the Christmas holiday, it has been announced.

The Serbian Orthodox Church and its believers adhere to the Julian calendar and on Tuesday celebrate Christmas Eve.

PRISTINA - Self-Determination, the Alliance for the Future of Kosovo and the Initiative for Kosovo, all opposition parties in Kosovo-Metohija (KiM), have made it clear to the government in Pristina that they will vote against setting up a special court where members of the former Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) should be prosecuted for committing war crimes.

BELGRADE - The humanitarian organization Solidarity for Kosovo has shipped 12 tons of humanitarian aid from France to Kosovo-Metohija, which was then distributed to citizens in Serb enclaves.

BELGRADE - The Association of the Families of the Kidnapped and Murdered in Kosovo-Metohija (KiM) has said in a release that it fully supports the UN Human Rights Council Advisory Committee's assessment that the UNMIK mission has failed to conduct efficient investigations in cases related to organ trafficking in KiM in 1999 and 2000.

UNMIK "failed to efficiently investigate Kosovo organ trade"

BELGRADE -- An association of families of kidnapped and murdered Serbs in Kosovo has voiced its support for a recent opinion of a UN committee related to human organ trade.