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BELGRADE - U.S. Ambassador to Serbia Michel Kirby has stated that according to the electoral results, the voters have shown that they are expecting economic reforms and creation of new jobs.

BELGRADE - Serbia's Minister without portfolio for Kosovo-Metohija Aleksandar Vulin has been banned from attending a memorial service for slain Kosovo Serbs that will be held at the St. Nicholas Church in Pristina to mark the tenth anniversary of the March Pogrom, the Serbian government Office for Kosovo-Metohija said on Sunday.

Kosovo faces water shortages

BELGRADE – The March 16 Kosovo elections will be held in accordance with the agreements reached in Brussels on April 16 and with the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), Serbia’s First Deputy Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic said Sunday.

CACAK – Serbian Prime Minister Ivica Dacic said Saturday that the Brussels-based talks with Pristina will resume after Serbia’s March elections.

He told a press conference in Cacak, central Serbia, that the recent arrest of Oliver Ivanovic, leader of the Citizens’ Initiative ‘Serbia, Democracy, Justice’ is harmful to Belgrade-Pristina relations.

BELGRADE - The Serbian government said at a meeting it held late on Friday that the intention of the Provisional Institutions of Self-Government in Kosovo to form “Kosovo armed forces” is destabilizing the situation in Kosovo-Metohija (KiM) and announced bringing the this issue to the United Nations (UN).

Rejecting the appeal, the EU-rule-of-law mission to Kosovo, EULEX, announced that the criminal case will proceed to main trial before the Basic Court of Pristina.

Fatmir Limaj is charged with organized crime, abusing his official position or authority, accepting bribes and non-declaration of received campaign money.

BELGRADE - The Serbian government expressed on Thursday concern over the decision by the provisional authorities in Kosovo to form Kosovo armed forces and a defence ministry, stressing that only the international forces under KFOR have the mandate to cover all the military and security aspects in Kosovo.

Kosovo cities make teacher hiring more transparent

A lack of transparency has been the most common form of political influence in the education system.

Pristina and Mitrovica municipalities widened the pool of people who participate in teacher hiring. [AFP]

BELGRADE - The Office for Kosovo-Metohija (KiM) stated that the Pristina authorities banned Serbian Minister without Portfolio in charge of KiM Aleksandar Vulin and Minister of Youth and Sports Vanja Udovicic from visiting KiM, adding that this time Serbia is prevented from helping best Serb students in the province to broaden their knowledge and talents.