Unrest in Kosovo

BELGRADE - Kosovo Albanians, who enjoy external support, have decided to destroy all the earlier reached agreements between Belgrade and Pristina, Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic told the Pink TV channel on Sunday.

BELGRADE - Serbia's president Tomislav Nikolic said on January 15 that Kosovo had shown it wanted war with after it deployed special forces to prevent a train painted with Serbia's national colours and the words "Kosovo is Serbia" from entering its territory.

A promotional ride was organized on Saturday in a new Russian-manufactured train. The train’s interior was decorated with the imagery of the Serb cultural and spiritual heritage located in Kosovo and Metohija.

Tensions grew between Serbia and Kosovo on Saturday after Belgrade ordered that a train be halted before entering the Kosovar territory due to reports of a planned attack.

The Belgrade-Kosovska Mitrovica train service was running for the first time since the 1999 NATO bombings.

Following an emergency session of Serbia's Council for National Security, Serbian Prime Minister Aleksander Vucic on Saturday accused Kosovo of sending special forces to attack the first train in 18 years from Belgrade to the northern, Serb-run part of the Kosovo town of Mitrovica.

Trains will start traveling directly from Belgrade to Kosovska Mitrovica on Saturday for the first time since the 1999 NATO bombing of Serbia.

A promotional ride will be organized in a new Russian-manufactured train, whose interior is decorated with the imagery of the Serb cultural and spiritual heritage located in Kosovo and Metohija.

Kosovo Police on Wednesday said a hand grenade was thrown in the northern Serbian part of the divided town of Mitrovica on Tuesday evening, damaging the windows of the government building.

Hashim Thaci says he expects "fair and constructive" relations with Russia, although Moscow does not recognize Kosovo's unilaterally declared independence.

BELGRADE - The head of the Serbian government Office for Kosovo-Metohija, Marko Djuric, on Wednesday welcomed a decision by a part of Srpska lista members of the Kosovo assembly to again leave Kosovo's institutions.

Speaking to reporters in Belgrade, Djuric added he expected those who had meanwhile assumed office contrary to the policy of the Serbian government to resign irrevocably.

The Serb List (Srpska Lista) has announced that its representatives have frozen their participation in the work of the Kosovo Assembly and in the government.

A statement signed by the head of the ticket's parliamentary group, and president of the Serb List, Slavko Simic, also said that Mirjana Jevtic will leave the Kosovo Ministry of Local Self-Government.