North Kosovo

KOSOVSKA MITROVICA - Pristina's police confirmed to Tanjug on Friday a Kosovo-Metohija Serb arrested at the Jarinje administrative crossing earlier in the day had been released from detention.

Previously, the deputy chief of the so-called Kosovo Police for Region North said the arrestee, a man identified by the initials B L, had been detained for "possession of narcotics."

BELGRADE - The Serbian government Office for Kosovo-Metohija said on Friday Pristina's special police forces had arrested a Serb from Leposavic at the Jarinje administrative crossing for no reason and without any grounds.

As Kosovo Online writes, 34-year-old B. L. is currently in Jarinje and has not received information about why he was detained.
He was returning by car from central Serbia to Leposavic with his girlfriend, a friend and his three minor children.
After the arrest, members of the Kosovo Police escorted B.L. to the police station in South Mitrovica.

BELGRADE - Serbian FM Ivica Dacic said on Friday President Aleksandar Vucic's recent meeting with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg had been fair and that Stoltenberg understood the situation in Kosovo-Metohija.

Speaking to Pink TV, Dacic said Stoltenberg had established a very fair, human and direct relationship with Vucic.

PRISTINA - The special prosecutor's office in Pristina on Thursday indicted two Serbs for alleged "violent conduct".

The two, men identified by the initials S J and I S, were charged with being a part of a "group that committed the criminal offence of hooliganism" on May 29.

KOSOVSKA MITROVICA  - Serb Dalibor Spasic, a medical technician from Kosovska Mitrovica arrested by Pristina's police at the Jarinje administrative crossing a month ago, was released on bail on Monday, his lawyer told Tanjug.

KOSOVSKA MITROVICA - On behalf of Serbs in Kosovo-Metohija, Srpska lista demanded on Monday that the Serbian government declare Pristina's parapolice, special and intelligence units in the north of the province as terrorist organisations as they were jeopardising peace in the region, with "unforeseeable consequences for the future of the Western Balkans and even entire Europe."

KOSOVSKA MITROVICA - Srpska lista on Monday reiterated a call to Kfor and Eulex to step up their presence in the north of Kosovo-Metohija, especially in Kosovska Mitrovica, to prevent feigned incidents Pristina was using as an alibi for increased presence of special forces of the so-called Kosovo Police.

However, before the start of the protest, three special police vehicles were parked in the courtyard of the police station.
Residents of Graanica have already gathered to protest the arrest of Dragia Milenkovi yesterday.
The so-called Kosovo police previously announced that the main road in Gracanica will be blocked while the Serb protest continues.

Truck drivers with Serbian registration, who have been waiting for several days at the border crossings between Serbia and Kosovo due to the Kosovo authorities' ban on the entry of Serbian goods into Kosovo, blocked the Merdare and Jarinje border crossings last night, Serbian media reported.