United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo

LEPOSAVIC – The Kosovo police banned Director of the Serbian government’s Office for Kosovo-Metohija (KiM) Marko Djuric from entering the territory of the province at the Jarinje crossing Tuesday.

Djuric said that it was a flagrant violation of the agreement on freedom of movement and of all the principles that had been agreed in relation to the matter.

Kosovo arrests three for terrorism, alleged connections with ISIL

KOSOVSKA MITROVICA - The detention of Citizens' Initiative Serbia, Democracy, Justice leader Oliver Ivanovic has been extended by another two months, his attorney, lawyer Nebojsa Vlajic, said on Friday.

In a statement to Tanjug, Vlajic said that the decision to extend Ivanovic's detention was made by an Eulex pretrial judge of the Basic Court in Kosovska Mitrovica.

BELGRADE - Director of the Office for Kosovo-Metohija (KiM) Marko Djuric met with Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary at the U.S. Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration Simon Henshaw and informed him that IDPs from the province and refugees rank high on the list of the Serbian government priorities.

Liaison officer says ban was "grave violation of deal"

BELGRADE -- Dejan Pavićević says the fact he was banned from entering Kosovo constitutes "serious obstruction of the implementation of what has been agreed in Brussels."

Vetevendosje leader Albin Kurti said he would back the opposition coalition that wants to form a government instead of outgoing premier Hashim Thaci’s Democratic Party of Kosovo, which won most votes at the recent elections, but only under certain conditions.

“This is because bad governance should not continue,” Vetevendosje Movement spokesperson Erzen Vraniqi told BIRN.

BELGRADE - Dejan Pavicevic, Belgrade's officer for liaison with Pristina has said that Kosovo authorities' decision to ban him from entering Kosovo-Metohija (KiM) constitutes Pristina's serious obstruction of the implementation of what has been agreed in Brussels, and urged the EU and international community to solve the issue as soon as possible.

President Traian Basescu has announced on Wednesday the adoption of a declaration by the Summit of heads of state and government of South-East Europe Cooperation Process (SEECP) member states, showing that this represents a revitalization of the organisation.

BELGRADE - Marko Djuric, director of the Office for Kosovo-Metohija (KiM), said on Tuesday that, in a meeting with Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic, an agreement has been reached that all MPs of the Serb List in Kosovo-Metohija (KiM) take a united political front, underlining that it is important that the Serbs take on a part of the responsibility for running the institutions and take part in th

PRISSTINA - Farid Zarif, special representative of the UN Secretary General and head of the UN mission in Kosovo (UNMIK), has condemned acts of violence committed during a demonstration in the southern part of Kosovska Mitrovica on June 22, while also commending an appropriate response of the police and international security providers.