North Kosovo

BELGRADE - The head of the Serbian government Office for Kosovo-Metohija Petar Petkovic met with the head of the Western Balkans Division of the German Federal Ministry of Foreign Affairs Niels Von Redecker in Belgrade on Thursday.

BRUSSELS - In conclusions adopted at a Brussels summit on Friday, the European Council said Belgrade and Pristina must "pursue sustained de-escalation efforts, as well as ensure the holding of new elections in the north of Kosovo as soon as possible, with the active participation of Kosovo Serbs," and added that failure to de-escalate tensions would have consequences.

BELGRADE - The head of the Serbian government Office for Kosovo-Metohija Petar Petkovic met on Tuesday with the foreign policy adviser of the CDU/CSU group in the German Bundestag, Franz Xaver Mauerer, to inform him of the extremely difficult security conditions for Serbs in Kosovo-Metohija, especially in the north of the province, where they are exposed to constant terror by the Pristina autho

The fact that the "big five" came to Pristina and Belgrade means that we are further from the status quo and that we are getting closer to either peace or war, says Professor Nejmedin Spahiu.

BEIJING - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said on Monday dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina was important even though it was clear Pristina's PM Albin Kurti wanted no dialogue.

KOSOVSKA MITROVICA - A vehicle carrying medical supplies from the Leposavic health centre to the Clinical Hospital Centre in the north of Kosovska Mitrovica was on Friday pulled over by the so-called Kosovo Police at the Bistrica Bridge checkpoint and ordered to go to a terminal in the south of the town, the hospital's director Zlatan Elek confirmed to Tanjug.

BELGRADE - The Serbian government Office for Kosovo-Metohija said on Wednesday the so-called Kosovo Police had continued to harass and arrest Serbs in north Kosovo municipalities and that its only goal was to lead to a fresh escalation of tensions and the crisis on the ground.

KOSOVSKA MITROVICA - A Kosovo Serb was detained at the Bistrica Bridge near Zvecan on Wednesday morning over a social media post containing a photo showing him with an automatic rifle, the regional deputy chief of the so-called Kosovo Police told Tanjug.

BELGRADE - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said on Sunday Pristina's PM Albin Kurti had accused his son Danilo of alleged involvement in the September 24 events in the Banjska village in the north of Kosovo-Metohija, and noted that Kurti was "the only terrorist in Kosovo" and that he was "killing and terrorising Serbs."

BELGRADE - Officers of the Serbian Criminal Police Directorate on Tuesday searched a flat and other premises used by Milan Radoicic, placing him in 48-hour police detention.

A criminal complaint was filed against Radoicic, who was taken to the Higher Public Prosecutor's Office in Belgrade, the police said in a statement.