North Mitrovica

President of the Republic of Serbia, Aleksandar Vucic, talked with the president of Pristina's interim institutions, Hashim Thaci, the president's cabinet said in a statement.

"Two interlocutors agreed that the dialogue between Serbs and Albanians, as well as joint work on calming and stabilizing the situation in Kosovo and Metohija, is crucial for both sides," the statement said.

A large number of citizens gathered on Wednesday in Kosovska Mitrovica to say goodbye to Oliver Ivanovic.

The leader of the Civic Initiative (GI) SDP was shot six times in front of the party premises in northern Kosovska Mitrovica on Tuesday morning, and died of his injuries in the hospital.

Civic Initiative (GI) SDP leader Oliver Ivanovic, who was shot dead on Tuesday morning, four days earlier told a news agency that he feared an assassination.

Ivanovic spoke for Srna on January 12, to say that the security situation in northern Kosovska Mitrovica was "very poor."

Ivanovic spoke for Srna on January 12, to say that the security situation in northern Kosovska Mitrovica was "very poor."

Marko Djuric said on Tuesday morning that the Belgrade delegation had left technical talks with Pristina in Brussels and was returning to the country.

The head of the Serbian Government's Office for Kosovo and Metohija explained that the reason was the murder earlier in the day of Oliver Ivanovic.

The head of the Serbian Government's Office for Kosovo and Metohija explained that the reason was the murder earlier in the day of Oliver Ivanovic.

"This is a criminal and terrorist act that must be and will be punished," Djuric told reporters in Brussels.

Declaring the northern Serb-run half of the town of Mitrovica as a free trade zone might help the reconciliation of ethnic Albanians and Serbs in Kosovo and stimulate the local economy at the same time, business leaders told BIRN, following Kosovo Foreign Minister Behgjet Pacolli's invitation to his Serbian counterpart Ivica Dacic to consider the idea.

NORTH MITROVICA - Practical implementation of a 2015 Brussels agreement on the Kosovo judiciary began in North and South Kosovska Mitrovica Monday as Serb judges and administrative staff arrived to their posts.

Their ethnic Albanian colleagues took over posts in the North Mitrovica Basic Court.

Kosovo Serb representatives from civil society groups, Kosovo's President and pundits on security issues discussed Serb fears about the potential transformation of the Kosovo Security Forces, KSF, into a regular army at a discussion organized by Kosovar Center for Security Studies on Wednesday in Pristina.

No political representatives of Kosovo Serbs participated in the discussion.

KOSOVSKA MITROVICA - The Srpska list won a landslide victory in all majority-Serb municipalities in Sunday's local elections in Kosovo-Metohija.

Srpska list leader Goran Rakic told reporters outside the party's electoral headquarters it had won 80 pct of the vote in Kosovska Mitrovica.