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Alert sirens sounded in all four north Kosovo municipalities
KOSOVSKA MITROVICA - Alert sirens were sounded on Friday in all four Serb-majority municipalities in the north of Kosovo-Metohija - Zubin Potok, Kosovska Mitrovica, Zvecan and Leposavic - as residents gathered around municipal buildings in Zubin Potok, Zvecan and Leposavic to prevent Pristina's police from taking control of them.
Danger sirens in Kosovska Mitrovica, Zubin Potok, Leposavic VIDEO
More than a dozen members of the special police arrived in jeeps to the local self-government buildings in Leposavic, Zubin Potok and Zvečan.
Drecun: Opening of Ibar bridge part of plan to occupy north Kosovo
BELGRADE - The head of the Serbian parliamentary committee on Kosovo-Metohija Milovan Drecun said on Thursday an initiative to open a Kosovska Mitrovica bridge on the Ibar River to traffic was a part of preparations to occupy the north of Kosovo.
In an appearance on Pink TV, Drecun said the occupation was being planned by Pristina's PM Albin Kurti.
Drecun: "They are preparing for the occupation. It's all Kurti's plan"
The President of the Committee for Kosovo and Metohija, Milovan Drecun, assessed that the initiative to open the bridge on the Ibar is part of the preparations for occupying the north of Kosovo.
This is the plan of the Prime Minister of the temporary institutions of Pristina, Albin Kurti.
Situation in north Kosovo extremely difficult - former N. Mitrovica mayor
BELGRADE - Former North Mitrovica Mayor Milan Radojevic said on Monday the situation in the north of Kosovo-Metohija was extremely difficult and that this had especially been the case since local Serbs left Pristina's institutions last November, and noted that no one in the international community was concerned about when Pristina's PM Albin Kurti would stop a repression against the Serbs.
Petkovic: Kurti wants to provoke war, occupation has begun
BELGRADE - The head of the Serbian government Office for Kosovo-Metohija Petar Petkovic said on Friday Pristina's PM Albin Kurti wanted to openly provoke war and expel Serbs from Kosovo-Metohija and that an occupation by Kurti and Erden Atic, the so-called mayor of the north of Kosovska Mitrovica, had begun.
EULEX increased the degree of readiness in the north of Kosovo
In North Mitrovica, the newly elected mayor Erden Ati was sworn in today, they told Kosovo Online from EULEX, stressing that their forces are on alert 24 hours a day and are ready to react quickly.
Contested North Mitrovica Mayor Inaugurated Amid Serb Boycott
The newly elected mayor of the Kosovo-Serb majority municipality of North Mitrovica took his oath of office on Friday in a tense atmosphere following extraordinary local elections a month ago that most local Serbs shunned.
Erden Atic is a member of the ruling Vetvendosje party, which has few members in the town.
Kurti wants war? VIDEO
As he stated, President of Serbia warned him of all the consequences of Kurti's behavior and provocations, which can lead to the biggest crisis that calls for war.
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Borrell: Important, symbolic step taken towards forming Community
BRUSSELS - EU foreign policy and security chief Josep Borrell said Tuesday's round of the Brussels dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina had produced an "important and symbolic step" towards the establishment of a Community of Serb Municipalities.