North Mitrovica

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.

KOSOVSKA MITROVICA - The head of the Serbian government Office for Kosovo-Metohija Marko Djuric has said he had lost faith in Pristina's readiness to work on implementation of the Brussels agreements, but added he was convinced the Community of Serb Municipalities would be formed after all.

Serbia is asking that Oliver Ivanovic is set free "instantly and completely," Office for Kosovo and Metohija Director Marko Djuric said on Wednesday.

In a statement for Tanjug, Djuric described the Serb politician from northern Kosovo as "the last political prisoner in Europe."

7-February-2017 14:29 KOSOVSKA MITROVICA - Construction works to build a new concrete retaining structure that will be a part of the pedestrian zone in northern Kosovska Mitrovica's King Peter I Street began on Tuesday.

BELGRADE - The December 8 agreement on the Kosovska Mitrovica wall is the same as the one that has now been implemented, Serbian PM Aleksandar Vucic said Monday.

Construction of a complex with all the details needed by North Mitrovica Serbs will start on Tuesday, pursuant to the agreement, Vucic told reporters in Belgrade.

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The demolition of the contested two-metre-high concrete wall near the bridge across the Ibar River in North Mitrovica took place on Sunday without incident, although police were in attendance to ensure order.

BELGRADE - Kosovo President Hashim Thaci expressed concern over, as he said, "Serbia's propaganda campaign", which induces "fear and interethnic hatred" in the Serbian community in northern Kosovo.

Kosovo government officials have yet to explain what they plan to do with the two-metre-high wall that Kosovo Serbs have erected on the northern side of the Ibar river in the divided northern town of Mitrovica.

A resolution issued by the Kosovo parliament on December 23 ordered "the demolition of the illegal wall in the northern part of Mitrovica to happen within January 2017".

BELGRADE - Kosovo police special forces (ROSU) crossed into northern Kosovo on Saturday with the blessing of Washington, so the information that Serbian intelligence services had have proven to be correct.

The head of the Serbian government's Office for Kosovo, Marko Djuric, has angered the Kosovo government by opening three gas selling points for the Serbian company Nis Petrol in Serb-run northern Kosovo in North Mitrovica, Zubin Potok and Zvecan.