Mitrovica

SDP Civil Initiative leader Oliver Ivanovic has been released from house arrest. The Serb politician from northern Kosovo will be free pending the outcome of his retrial on charges of war crimes.

Ivanovic will now have to report to a police station in northern Kosovska Mitrovica twice a week.

Two men wearing balaclavas have attacked a Serb man and his common law wife in Kosovska Mitrovica last night, RTS is reporting.

The man, a 41-year-old whose initials are B.K., suffered injuries to his head and leg. RTS said it learned unofficially that the attackers spoke Albanian as they verbally abused the victims.

One of the attackers who late on Monday assaulted a Serb man in northern Kosovska Mitrovica was shouting "Allahu Akbar" during the incident.

The victim, 31-year-old Bojan Staletovic, was attacked by five persons armed with baseball bats and a pistol.

One of the attackers who late on Monday assaulted a Serb man in northern Kosovska Mitrovica was shouting "Allahu Akbar" during the incident.

The victim, 31-year-old Bojan Staletovic, was attacked by five persons armed with baseball bats and a pistol.

KOSOVSKA MITROVICA - The retrial of Civic Initiative SDP leader Oliver Ivanovic began before the Kosovska Mitrovica Basic Court Friday.

KOSOVSKA MITROVICA - The retrial of Civic Initiative SDP leader Oliver Ivanovic, which began before the Kosovska Mitrovica Basic Court on Friday with the opening arguments of the defence and the prosecution, has been scheduled to resume on April 27 with witness statements.

KOSOVSKA MITROVICA - Civic Initiative SDP leader Oliver Ivanovic said Wednesday he was hoping his retrial, scheduled to begin on Friday before the Basic Court in Kosovska Mitrovica, would be fair and efficient and that he would prove he was not responsible for the crime he was suspected of.

KOSOVSKA MITROVICA - The retrial of Civic Initiative SDP leader Oliver Ivanovic is scheduled to begin on March 24 with introductory arguments of the prosecutor and the defence before the Basic Court of Kosovska Mitrovica.

A preparatory hearing was held on March 7.

Tanjug file photo, Boki

Political tensions in north Kosovo have helped to delay until May the reopening of the renovated bridge that links the Albanian and Serb sides of the divided town of Mitrovica.

Despite the Kosovo Albanian politicians claims, Federica Mogherini will not attend the opening of the main bridge on the Ibar in Kosovska Mitrovica on March 4.

The reason, according to Beta, that is quoting the daily Vecernje Novosti, is that the bridge will not be opened then.