Unrest in Kosovo

Pristina "daydreams about Serbia's recognition"

BELGRADE -- Director of the Serbian Government Office for Kosovo Marko Djuric says that "people should not be fed the illusion about Serbia's recognition of Kosovo."

However, he added, that does not mean that residents in Kosovo and Metohija, both Serbs and Albanians, "should not live together, and live better."

KOSOVSKA MITROVICA - The construction of houses launched by ethnic Albanians in the Brdjani neighbourhood in northern Kosovska Mitrovica that caused alarm among Serbs have been interrupted after the talks between the mayors of the southern and northern parts of the city, Goran Rakic and Agim Bahtiri.

Albanians halt controversial construction works

KOSOVSKA MITROVICA -- Construction works launched by ethnic Albanians in the northern part of Kosovska Mitrovica have been halted, said reports from the town in northern Kosovo.

KOSOVSKA MITROVICA - Ethnic Albanians began construction works in the Brdjani neighborhood in northern Kosovska Mitrovica on Friday morning, causing a stir among local Serbs who gathered to voice their protest.

In the meantime, an intervention unit of the Kosovo police, and EULEX police arrived at the site, says Tanjug's on-site-reporter.

BELGRADE - Former employees of the Police Administration (PU) in Kosovska Mitrovica, who stopped working after an agreement on police was reached as part of Belgrade-Pristina talks in Brussels, said Wednesday that they would radicalize their protest by blocking administrative crossings if their demands were not met.

BELGRADE - The exhibition by the Gallery of Frescoes of the National Museum in Belgrade entitled "Serbia - the Land of Frescoes" has opened in Svetosavski dom (St. Sava Hall).

The visitors will have a chance to get to know or remind themselves of a cultural monument of exceptional importance - the Church of Our Lady of Ljevis located in Prizren, Kosovo-Metohija.

PRIZREN - Serb heritage in Kosovo needs protection because the risks from violent acts are still persisting, the Diocese of Raska-Prizren released on Tuesday to mark the 11th anniversary of the March pogrom against Serbs in Kosovo-Metohija.

The topic of the Serb heritage needs to be included in the agenda of the Belgrade-Pristina dialogue, the Diocese released.

GRACANICA - Vladeta Kostic as the mayor of Gracanica, central Kosovo-Metohija (KiM), said that traces of fear from pogrom are still present in the lives of Serbs in KiM because the event which began on this day 11 years ago left a lasting imprint on the people.

KOSOVSKA MITROVICA - The marking of 11 years since the March pogrom against Serbs in Kosovo-Metohija (KiM) started in the city museum in Kosovska Mitrovica with the opening of an exhibition of photographs depicting horrendous events of the pogrom.

BELGRADE - Today marks 11 years since the 2004 March pogrom, when 4,012 Serbs were forced to leave Kosovo-Metohija (KiM) in a wave of ethnic Albanian extremist violence.

A majority of them have never returned to their homes.