Geography of Kosovo

ORAHOVAC – Serbs are increasingly leaving Orahovac in Kosovo-Metohija (KiM), with 15 Serb houses being sold in the upper part of the municipality in the past few days alone, and the Serbs there are very worried about it, according to the Frankfurt-based Serb Diaspora newspaper Vesti.

Priština official declares he'll "demolish church"

PRIŠTINA -- A recent statement by a member of the government in Priština concerning plans to demolish a Serbian Orthodox church in that town has caused reactions.

The Serbian Orthodox Church (SPC) Eparchy of Raška and Prizren called on Tuesday Dardan Gashi's pronouncement "an open provocation."

BELGRADE - Serbian Minister without Portfolio responsible for Kosovo-Metohija Aleksandar Vulin and Defense Minister Nebojsa Rodic will attend a Midnight Easter Vigil at the Monastery of Devic, the Office for Kosovo-Metohija has announced.

EULEX rejects accusations from Serbs in north

PRIŠTINA -- EULEX has rejected accusations against it coming from Serbs from northern Kosovo, who said that arrests carried out by the EU mission "represented kidnappings."

EULEX police declared "unwelcome" in northern Kosovo

KOSOVSKA MITROVICA -- Local officials in northern Kosovo announced on Wednesday that they "cut off" cooperation with EULEX police and declared their members unwelcome in the north.

This decision came due to "continued incomprehensible arrests that greatly disturb the citizens," according to Beta.

KOSOVSKA MITROVICA - The Management Team tasked with establishing a community of Serb municipalities, north Kosovo mayors, representatives of local self-governments and head of the Mitrovica district announced on Wednesday evening that they cut off cooperation with EULEX police, and declared their members "unwelcome" in the north of the province due to more frequent arrests of Serbs.

BELGRADE- The Serbian government's Office for Kosovo-Metohija said on Wednesday that all crimes must be solved and punished, expressing hope that the role of the self-styled "Kosovo Liberation Army" in the province will be revealed in an international court as "no other court has had the will or the courage to find the truth."

KOSOVSKA MITROVICA - An inquiry committee of the Serbian parliament determined that most cases of misuse of budget funds in Kosovo-Metohija (KiM) relate to construction projects, and the facilities whose construction has been paid but never completed include the Gerontology Center and a sports facility in Kosovska Mitrovica.

KOSOVSKA MITROVICA - The EULEX police arrested employee of the Post Serbia Nebojsa Vujacic, 48, from Kosovska Mitrovica, in northern Kosovo, on suspicion that he committed the criminal acts of murder, attempted murder and infliction of grave wounds.

PRISTINA - Clint Williamson, the head of Eulex's special investigation team, has a large dossier on crimes committed by the former "Kosovo Liberation Army" (KLA) and is expected to hand it over to the judges of a special court that will look into the findings of the former Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe rapporteur Dick Marty, the Pristina-based Express daily has reported.