Outline of Kosovo

According to the broadcaster, "it is expected that they will be put at the disposal of the (future) Kosovo army."

The report recalled that the Kosovo government in July signed a contract to buy 51 such vehicles.

The handover ceremony at a Kosovo Security Forces (KSF) barrack was attended by high ranking local officials and those from the US embassy.

The president also said on Friday, after the opening of a new factory in the town of Kragujevac, that it was "not realistic for Serbia to change America's mind, which sees Kosovo's independence as a done deal," Beta agency is reporting.

He added that he "always said it that Albanians are doing nothing on their own, but that the US is behind everything."

Prime Minister Ramush Haradinaj told European Union Commissioner Johannes Hahn that Kosovo was left no choice but to impose 100 percent tax on all goods imported from Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina, Gazeta Express reports.

Odalovic also said that Kosovo Prime Minister Ramush Haradinaj "can only be made to see reason by the EU and the US."

Odalovic told RTS that it is "most important that Brussels should be the one to explain to Pristina that things they are doing can cause serious problems."

It very much strains the situation, says member of the Serbian National Assembly from the ruling SNS Milovan Drecun, who also heads the parliament's Committee on Kosovo and Metohija.

Drecun added that it was also a hint at possible new violent actions by Pristina in the north of Kosovo, that is predominantly Serb.

Serbian media on Thursday accused Kosovo of resorting to "war" and economic "cleansing" following its decision to hike import taxes to 100 per cent - while Kosovo media supported the measure, adopted in retaliation for Belgrade's role in Kosovo's failed Interpol membership bid.

The government of Kosovo has approved today the proposal of Kosovo's Minister for Trade and Industry, Endrit Shala, to impose a 100 percent tax for the products imported from Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina, RTK Live reported.

"From today, the measure of 100 percent tax for the goods imported from Serbia and Bosnia," Shala said.

Kosovo Prime Minister Ramush Haradinaj on Wednesday said he backed a call by Trade and Industry Minister Endrit Shala for the country to sharply increase taxes on Serbian and Bosnian imports from 10 per cent, as imposed on November 6, to 100 per cent.

Haradinaj said the tax hike would come into effect immediately and all government institutions would have to take note of it.

Although members of the Kosovo Assembly supported the KBS transformation in the first reading of the law, it is not yet known when theA assembly will be given the law for another reading, RTK2 reported.

According to unofficial information, November 28 as the date to proclaim the Kosovo army has been abandoned "because it is marked as day of the Albanian Flag," Zeri said.

Prime Minister, Ramush Haradinaj, says President of Serbia Aleksandar Vucic is luring politicians in Pristina to consider giving Serbia northern part of Kosovo populated mainly by Serbs, in exchange of recognition of country's independence, Gazeta Express reported.