Pristina

RASKA - Exhumations at Rudnica, south-west Serbia, began on Wednesday on grounds of clues that the site holds a mass grave containing remains of ethnic Albanians killed during the conflicts in Kosovo-Metohija in 1999.

BELGRADE - The Office for Kosovo-Metohija (KiM) condemned on Tuesday in the strongest terms the statement by Dardan Gasi, a representative of Pristina, who said that Christ the Savior Cathedral in that town would be pulled down.

Minister Gashi told media on Sunday that a controversial Serbian Orthodox church, built in the capital, Pristina, was erected “illegally” and must go.

“It’s a sensitive issue but the legal basis has to be the same as for every building. This building had no planning permission and will therefore be treated like every other building with no permission,” he said.

Serbs denied visit to Kosovo town on Good Friday

BELGRADE -- Serbs driven out of Đakovica in Kosovo sent a protest to the Priština authorities for not being allowed to visit their town and property on Good Friday.

BELGRADE - Serbs who were driven out of the region of Djakovic, southwestern Kosovo, issued on Thursday a protest to the authorities in Pristina not being allowed to visit their town and properties on Good Friday.

Actors from Serbia and Kosovo have joined forces to stage a joint production of the Shakespeare play in a bid to promote mutual understanding and connections.

VIENNA - Chief Negotiator for Serbia's accession negotiations with the EU Tanja Miscevic stated that the accession talks with the EU may begin in June by opening Chapter 35 on normalisation of relations with Pristina.

After this step, chapters on the judiciary and rule of law will be opened, Miscevic explained in an interview for the Vienna-based daily Kurier.

PRISTINA - The leader of Kosovo's Independent Liberal Party (SLS) Slobodan Petrovic said on Friday that the party will vote for a ratification of an extension of Eulex's mandate and establishment of a special war crimes court.

“Today all conditions have been created for the examination to continue,” said Pajazit Nushi, head of the Kosovo delegation in the dialogue on missing persons with Serbia.

Workers were preparing to destroy a building on the site under which a mass grave is believed to be located, he said.

BRUSSELS - EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Catherine Ashton commended on Thursday participants of the Belgrade-Pristina dialogue, saying they are an example to the entire region of the Western Balkans.