Government of Kosovo

BELGRADE - PM Ana Brnabic will be representing Serbia at Monday's UN Security Council session on the work of UNMIK, the UN mission in Kosovo-Metohija, a source in the Serbian government told Tanjug on Friday.

KOSOVSKA MITROVICA  - The director of the Clinical and Hospital Centre in the north of Kosovska Mitrovica said on Friday a humanitarian disaster was looming at the hospital without urgent shipments of medicines, medical oxygen and medical supplies and noted that the Pristina authorities would be responsible - and international organisations complicit - if that happened.

NEW YORK - The UN Security Council session on the next semiannual report on the work of UNMIK, the UN mission in Kosovo-Metohija, will be held on October 23.

The session has been rescheduled from October 18.

Tensions in Serbia's southern province have escalated since the most recent session on the mission's work, held on April 27.

BELGRADE - During regular consultations in Belgrade, Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General and UNMIK head Caroline Ziadeh urged restraint "in messages and actions", de-escalation of tensions and a return to political dialogue by Belgrade and Pristina.

BELGRADE - Serbian First Deputy PM and FM Ivica Dacic met with UNMIK head Caroline Ziadeh on Wednesday.

The meeting was held in the context of the upcoming UN Security Council session on UNMIK, and they discussed the current situation in Kosovo-Meothija and the atmosphere of heightened tensions, the Serbian Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement.

NEW YORK  - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic announced on Wednesday Belgrade would request that an urgent UN Security Council session be called over the situation in Kosovo-Metohija.

Without specifying what he means, he says that he has documents that that party will deliver to the prosecution in the coming days, reports Gazeta 10.
Haradinaj also stated that some other officials were involved in the recently published agreements of the Ministry led by Rosetta Haidari.

BRUSSELS - A bilateral meeting between the head of the Serbian government Office for Kosovo-Metohija Petar Petkovic and the EU special envoy for the Belgrade-Pristina dialogue Miroslav Lajcak is underway in Brussels.

The meeting began at around 9.40 am.

BELGRADE - State Secretary at the Serbian Defence Ministry Nemanja Starovic said on Tuesday Turkey was working intensively on arming and training the so-called Kosovo's security forces.

Speaking to the RTS, Starovic said this was contrary to UNSCR 1244, the Brussels Agreement and all other relevant agreements.

Since a rift erupted between Prime Minister Albin Kurti and the West over policy in Serb-majority northern Kosovo, once dormant opposition parties have geared up their activities.