United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo

The United States has received Kosovo's request to purchase Javelin anti-tank missiles, the US ambassador to Serbia on Thursday told President Aleksandar Vucic, who expressed "deep disappointment."

The US State Department said later Thursday that it approved the possible sale of the 246 missiles and related equipment to Kosovo for an estimated cost of $75 million.

BELGRADE - The head of the Serbian parliamentary committee on Kosovo-Metohija Milovan Drecun said on Friday Serbs in the province were particularly concerned over the fact Pristina was expediting the process of introducing compulsory military service.

BELGRADE - Maria Lina Veca, an Italian journalist and researcher who was among the first in the world to uncover the story of organ trafficking in Kosovo-Metohija, says Europe has never had a genuine interest in prosecuting those responsible for these crimes, and notes that the last hope of this ever happening is dashed following Dick Marty's death.

BELGRADE - The head of the Serbian government Office for Kosovo-Metohija Petar Petkovic said on Tuesday Pristina's raid of the Rajska banja resort at Banjska near Zvecan earlier in the day was a part of a plan aimed at ethnically cleansing Serbs from the province.

BELGRADE - Serbian PM Ana Brnabic has filed a reservation to an EU declaration adopted at Wednesday's EU-Western Balkans summit in Brussels to protect Serbian interests, making it clear that Kosovo-Metohija remained an integral part of the Republic of Serbia in line with UNSCR 1244, the Serbian government said in a statement.

This was announced by KFOR last night on its X network, stating that the new battalion is part of a peacekeeping mission.
"KFOR continues to fulfill its UN mandate in providing a safe and secure environment for all communities in Kosovo," the announcement said.

KOSOVSKA MITROVICA - A Srpska lista delegation headed by the organisation's President Zlatan Elek met with Eulex chief Maj Gen Giovanni Pietro Barbano in Kosovska Mitrovica on Monday to discuss the political and security situation in Kosovo-Metohija.

The focus of the meeting will be the Russian war against Ukraine and the war between Israel and the Palestinian Hamas in the Gaza Strip.
The Secretary General of the Alliance, Jens Stoltenberg, said before the meeting that the heads of diplomacy of the member countries will discuss the possibility of a permanent increase in the number of members of the KFOR mission in Kosovo.

PRISTINA - Kfor Commander Maj Gen Ozkan Ulutas spoke with Serbian Armed Forces Chief of General Staff Gen Milan Mojsilovic on Monday and said Kfor would continue to work to ensure a safe and secure environment for all people living in Kosovo-Metohija.

BELGRADE - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said on Sunday difficult weeks and months were ahead of Serbia as the international community was aiming to make it recognise the so-called Kosovo, but noted that Belgrade would not agree to that.