North Kosovo

"Belgrade continues to provide economic aid to Serbs"

"Belgrade continues to provide economic aid to Serbs"

BELGRADE -- Belgrade continues to financially help Serbs in Kosovo, but that support should go to development, rather that serve to "pay them to stay (in Kosovo)."

This is what the head of the Serbian government's media office, Milivoje Mihajlović, told B92 TV on Wednesday.

UNMIK condemns violence in south Kosovska Mitrovica

PRISSTINA - Farid Zarif, special representative of the UN Secretary General and head of the UN mission in Kosovo (UNMIK), has condemned acts of violence committed during a demonstration in the southern part of Kosovska Mitrovica on June 22, while also commending an appropriate response of the police and international security providers.

Rakic urges North Kosovska Mitrovica citizens to stay calm

NORTH KOSOVSKA MITROVICA - Mayor Goran Rakic called on the citizens of North Kosovska Mitrovica to remain calm and not to fall for provocations aimed at drawing the north of Kosovo-Metohija (KiM) into conflicts and violence.

Rakic urges for calm in the wake of violent protests staged by Albanians in south Kosovska Mitrovica on Sunday where a lot of people got injured.

13 officers and 6 protesters injured in riots

PRISTINA - A total of 13 police officers, 6 protesters and 2 reporters were injured in the protest in southern Kosovska Mitrovica near the main bridge on the Ibar River on Sunday.

Spokesman of the Kosovo Police Service for southern Mitrovica Avni Zahiti said that 5 people have been arrested so far but the police reports are not final yet, media reported.

Clashes in Kosovo's Mitrovica Leave 20 Injured

A standoff between ethnic Albanian protesters and police officers erupted on Sunday in Kosovo's divided town of Mitrovica.

At least twenty people were hurt as the police was trying to disperse the hundreds-strong crowd attacking a renewed Serbian blockade at a bridge across the Ibar river, Macedonian daily Kurir reports, citing Kosovo police spokesman Avni Zahiti.

Protest Turns Violent in Divided Kosovo Town

The protest against Serb barricades on Mitrovica’s main bridge turned violent as Kosovo Albanians threw stones and torched cars, prompting police to respond with tear gas.

Kosovo Police, who were backed up by EU police, said 13 officers and 21 protesters were injured in what began as a peaceful demonstration in the ethnically divided town.

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