Serbia and Montenegro

The Government of Serbia is asking all the media and organizers of public events to adapt their program to the Day of Mourning on Wednesday, September 27, and thus pay respect to the victims of Kosovo and Metohija.

BELGRADE - At an extraordinary session on Tuesday, the Serbian government declared September 27 a day of mourning over tragic events in Kosovo-Metohija.

''On the occasion of the tragic events and the death of our fellow citizens in Banjska, in the municipality of Zvean, September 26, 27 and 28 are declared Days of Mourning'', Serb List announced.
In Serbian communities on the territory of Kosovo and Metohija:
All entertaining events organized by local self-government bodies and institutions will be cancelled;

In the village of Banjska, which is still under blockade, three more Serbs were arrested, the Office for Kosovo and Metohija announced.
Jarinje and Brnjak are still blocked for passage from central Serbia, and you can only exit from the territory of Kosovo and Metohija.

PRILUZJE - Another Serb - a man identified with the initials Z K - was arrested in Kosovo-Metohija on Wednesday and detained at the war crimes department of Pristina's special prosecution office.

The arrest took place in the Priluzje village near Obilic, central Kosovo-Metohija, the head of the Obilic Interim Authority Milan Kostic confirmed to Tanjug.

GRACANICA - Three officers of the so-called Kosovo Police beat up two Serb men in central Gracanica, Kosovo-Metohija, on Thursday night.

One of the eyewitnesses told reporters that the Serbs - brothers identified as A M, aged 24, and M M, aged 19 - had been beaten up because one of them had asked the police why a traffic offence ticket was written in Albanian.

KOSOVSKA MITROVICA - The central pharmacy of the Kosovska Mitrovica hospital is running out of medications and a humanitarian disaster is looming, hospital director Zlatan Elek told Tanjug on Tuesday.

Elek said Pristina PM Albin Kurti's government was adamant in refusing to allow deliveries of medications to the hospital.

BELGRADE - The head of the Serbian government Office for Kosovo-Metohija Petar Petkovic, who is on an official visit to China, met with Chinese Vice FM Deng Li on Monday.

BELGRADE - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said on Thursday evening Serbia would be ready to defend its people in Kosovo-Metohija in case they were attacked.

BELGRADE - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said on Thursday evening Pristina's decision to reduce police presence outside municipal buildings in the north of Kosovo-Metohija by 25 pct was merely a "trick."