Bujanovac

From now on, the state, rather than individuals will be deciding on who to honor with monuments, the daily Vecernje Novosti writes.

Among the memorials that will most likely be removed is a plaque in Novi Pazar dedicated to Acif Efendija, and a memorial to the so-called Liberation Army of Presevo, Bujanovac and Medvedje installed in the town of Presevo.

According to the Serbian Ministry of Defense, about 500 officers, non-commissioned officers and soldiers of the armed forces of the United States, United Kingdom, United Arab Emirates, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Hungary, Romania, Montenegro and Serbia will take part in the exercise.

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.

Beta reported that Fabrizi also said it was very important to implement the Seven Point Plan, which the Serbian government passed in June, 2013, at the proposal of the Albanian parties from Bujanovac and Presevo.

Albanian President Ilir Meta will be in Serbia on December 3 and 4 on "an unofficial visit" to the Medvedja municipality.

The Beta agency is reporting on Thursday that it received confirmation of this from the local government in that southern town.

The Beta agency is reporting on Thursday that it received confirmation of this from the local government in that southern town.

Meta will be staying at the Gejzer Hotel in Sijarinska Banja, and during his visit to Medvedja, he will meet with municipal councilors and municipal officials from the ethnic Albanian community.

First Deputy PM and Foreign Miister Ivica Dacic says that President of Bujanovac Municipality Jonuz Musliu should be "thanking God for not yet being arrested."

The Belgrade daily Vecernje Novosti reported this on Thursday.

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.