United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo

"Community of municipalities remains challenge"

NEW YORK -- Challenges remain in the implementation of certain provisions of the Brussels Agreement, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said in his latest report on Kosovo.

NEW YORK - Challenges remain in the implementation of certain provisions of the Brussels Agreement - in particular with regards to the establishment of the community of Serb municipalities - which, however, should not overshadow the remarkable progress achieved in the Belgrade-Pristina dialogue, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said in the latest report on Kosovo-Metohija.

KOSOVSKA MITROVICA - Serbia's liaison officer in Pristina Dejan Pavicevic said on Tuesday the Kosovo Serbs should follow the advice from the Serbian government regarding the coming snap parliamentary poll in Kosovo scheduled for June 8.

"Serb participation depends on election rules"

BELGRADE -- President Tomislav Nikolić has said that participation of Serbs in elections in Kosovo will depend on the rules based on which the voting will be held.

Nikolić made the comments as he met in Belgrade on Monday with Farid Zarif, who serves as head of the UN administration in Kosovo, UNMIK.

BELGRADE - Serbian First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Ivica Dacic conferred with Special Representative of the UN secretary general and UNMIK Head Farid Zarif in Belgrade on Monday.

International and local prosecutors in Kosovo have filed an indictment against two people over the attack on a Kosovo police convoy on July 25, 2011, which caused the officer’s death, the EU rule-of-law mission, EULEX said on Monday.

The agreement will secure Kosovo's EU future once it is ratified.

BELGRADE - Ivica Dacic, Serbia's first deputy prime minister and foreign minister, stated on Saturday that Serbia will pursue an independent foreign policy by the time it becomes a full-fledged member of the EU.

BELGRADE – After taking office as Serbia’s first deputy prime minister and minister of foreign affairs, Ivica Dacic hosted a reception for the diplomatic corps in Belgrade Friday, during which he said that Serbia will never recognize the independence of Kosovo unilaterally proclaimed by ethnic Albanians and that all open issues will be resolved through the EU-facilitated dialogue.

Although Kosovo’s membership in the European Union is far off, the country still celebrated Europe Day with gusto and several activities organized in the capital, Pristina.

Many people used their day off on Friday to follow the soccer tournament organized by the EU office in Pristina and the Kosovo authorities.