Unrest in Kosovo

Several hundred Serbs took to the streets of the Kosovo town of Mitrovica to support politician Oliver Ivanovic, who was jailed for ordering the murder of ethnic Albanians in April 1999.

A young Serb man was seriously wounded in late Sunday's shooting in Kosovska Mitrovica, Tanjug has been told at the local hospital.

Another person, a 21-year old man sustained minor injuries, the agency said.

Oliver Ivanovic, a Serb politician from northern Kosovo, has been found guilty on charges of war crimes and sentenced to nine years in prison.

The international court chamber of the Basic Court on Kosovska Mitrovica was presided by Judge Roxana Comsa from Romania.

Serbian Orthodox Patriarch Irinej’s call for Serbs to return to their former homes in Bosnia, Croatia and Kosovo is not likely to be answered, said refugees who fled the conflicts there.

Hashim Thaci cannot become Kosovo's president unless Serbs vote in favor, the Albanian language daily Koha Ditore is reporting.

But the Serb (Srpska) List representatives will not do it, according to the report, unless the Community of Serb Municipalities (ZSO) is formed.

The ban on entry to Kosovo for persons residing in Kosovo who have Serbian identity cards has been suspended.

Marko Djuric has said that media in Pristina "have focused on blaming Serbs" for the attacks in the village of Gorazdevac - a Serb enclave in Kosovo.

AFTER GORAZDEVAC ATTACK "Albanians are personally responsible for safety of Serbs"

Marko Djuric was in Gorazdevac on Monday when he said Kosovo Albanian politicians are personally responsible for the safety of Serbs in this enclave.

Montenegro is waiting for NATO approval to contribute troops to KFOR forces in Kosovo, after it "expressed [the] intention" to join, BIRN has learned.

Several sources from Montenegro's defence and foreign affairs ministries have confirmed the government submitted a request to NATO to send soldiers to Kosovo before Podgorica received its invitation to join the alliance last week.

A Kosovo Albanian was wounded and eight cars were damaged in an explosion that took place in north Kosovska Mitrovica on Sunday.

After the incident that happened around 13:00 CET, Zeljko Bojic, Kosovo police regional chief of operating, told Tanjug that the explosive device used is most probably a bomb, and that a Kosovo Albanian was injured on the occasion.