Serbian enclaves in Kosovo

"Haradinaj is lying about that there are 40. Let them show them. I once again urge Serbs not to join that army. The only thing that army can serve for is to kill Serbs. I call on them to leave that army," said the president of Serbia.

The second day of Vucic's visit to Kosovo was marked by incidents and the roadblocks put up by ethnic Albanians on the way to the Serb village of Banje.

The president then decided to return to Kosovska Mitrovica, as police informed him that the blockades were two kilometers ahead of the convoy, and that it was not safe to continue the trip.

Our reporter said that the Albanians in question "showed the children the middle finger and uttered obscenities in Albanian and English" - telling them also that there was "no place for them in Kosovo, as it was Albanian territory."

The head of the Serbian Government Office for Kosovo and Metohija spoke after Kosovo police intervened in the Serb village of Staro Gracko - known for the July 1999 massacre of Serb farmers - and in the process, injured two Serb children with pepper spray.

BELGRADE - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic says his visit to Kosovo-Metohija on Saturday was not a "pleasant or an easy one" but that he is satisfied with it because he did an "exceptionally significant job" for the unity of Serbs there.

The City Public Health Institute of Serbia has reported an epidemic of measles in the city of Belgrade.

This came after tests confirmed the presence of the virus in five patients.

Kosovo citizens go to the polls on Sunday to vote for mayors and members of assemblies in the country's 38 municipalities, hoping a change in power will lead to a change in their daily lives.

The main battle is focused in the capital, Pristina, which is also the only municipality governed by the opposition Vetevendosje Movement.

Kosovo Police said they raided Serbian Red Cross centres on the authorisation of the courts on Wednesday night in Prizren, Pristina, Pejë/Pec, Gjilan/Gnjilane and Mitrovicë/Mitrovica.

"Seized documents are suspected to be related to a census, considered suspicious and in contradiction to the law, as a census should be conducted by Kosovo institutions," the police press release said.

PODGORICA - Serbia has honoured most of the Brussels Agreement, and now it is Pristina's turn to fulfil what has been signed - our views on this are the same as those of global powers, Serbian PM Ana Brnabic said on Wednesday.

First of all, Pristina must implement the Community of Serb Municipalities, said Brnabic, who is attending a US-Adriatic Charter summit in Podgorica.

The Special Prosecution in Pristina has stopped the investigation into all persons suspected of killing 14 Serb farmers in Staro Gracko in July 1999.