Government of Kosovo

NATO building KSF capacity "within present mandate"

PRISTINA -- NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said Friday that he "saw progress in the security and political situation in Kosovo but much remained to be done."

PRISTINA - NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said Friday that he saw progress in the security and political situation in Kosovo but still much remained to be done.

"Compensation for Trepca" report is false - official

BELGRADE -- Marko Djuric has rejected as false the claims that the government is considering "accepting the loss of Trepca in exchange for compensation."

Kosovo authorities more vigilant in face of security threats

Experts suggest Kosovo and Serbia co-operate more closely as the talks between the two countries are renewed.

Kosovo suspended four border police after Slobodan Gavric drove into Kosovo with more than 12 kilograms of explosives. [Laura Hasani/SETimes]

PRISTINA - The Kosovo government said Tuesday that the Mining, Metallurgical and Chemical Combine Trepca was "Kosovo's property" and that any attempt to create confusion that it was allegedly given up was malicious.

Serbs to be included in Trepca decision-making - report

PRISTINA -- Albanian language daily Koha Ditore writes on Tuesday that the Kosovo government has abandoned the intention to turn Trepca into a public company.

The Pristina-based newspaper adds that a possible change in the status of the mining company will be decided only with the consent of Serbs.

Kosovo: Interior Ministry officials indicted

PRISTINA -- The Special Prosecution in Kosovo has indicted five person on organized crime charges, among them three officials of the Interior Ministry in Pristina.

The EU mission in Kosovo, EULEX, said in a statement that the group is suspected of illegal arms trade, fraud, and abuse of official position and powers.

PRISTINA - The Kosovo assembly has passed a bill amending the law on reorganising certain public enterprises and introducing changes to their property - however, the bill does not include the Mining, Metallurgical and Chemical Combine Trepca.

Sixty-four assembly members voted for the bill late Monday, four voted against, while two abstained.

BRUSSEL- European Parliament (EP) rapporteur on Serbia David McAllister said Monday that Serbia should not insist on Kosovo abandoning the idea of nationalizing the Trepca mine as a condition for the dialogue on the normalization of Belgrade-Pristina relations.

BELGRADE - Serbia's Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic said Monday that the issue of property in Kosovo-Metohija (KiM) should be opened as soon as possible so Serbia would not end up having its property taken away from it "overnight."