Kosovska Mitrovica

"Thanks to the wisdom and the desire to avoid conflicts and preserve peace Serbia managed to do that," PM Aleksandar Vucic said on Sunday evening in Belgrade.

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.

Three Albanians have been arrested in the region of the town of Kosovska Mitrovica in northern Kosovo when more than 45 kilograms of cocaine were also seized.

The Kosovo police announced this late on Wednesday.

Kosovo: Leader of Serb List indicted

BELGRADE, KOSOVSKA MITROVICA -- The indictment against Serb List leader Aleksandar Jablanovic is "yet another in "an endless series of injustices directed against Serbs in Kosovo."

KOSOVSKA MITROVICA - Minister for Communities and Return in the Kosovo government Dalibor Jevtic stated Friday that only one Serb family has returned to Kosovo since the Prime Minister Isa Mustafa's government was set up.

BELGRADE - The frequent recent incidents in northern Kosovska Mitrovica could escalate into serious conflicts with unforeseeable consequences for the entire Serb population in Kosovo-Metohija (KiM), Krstimir Pantic, Serbian parliament MP from the southern Serbian province, warned Tuesday.

BELGRADE - Kosovska Mitrovica Mayor Goran Rakic requested the Kosovo Trust Agency (KTA) Thursday to immediately stop the announced privatization of some thirty facilities owned by the company LUX on the Serb-majority north of Kosovo-Metohija (KiM).

BELGRADE - The head of the Serbian government Office for Kosovo-Metohija Marko Djuric on Wednesday thanked Austrian writer Peter Handke for his many years of support and assistance to Serbia and his love for the Serbian people, in particular, for the citizens of Kosovo-Metohija.

KOSOVSKA MITROVICA - Marko Djuric, director of the Serbian government's Office for Kosovo-Metohija, said on Sunday that the current and all future governments of Serbia will stand by its people in the southern province and Serbian Statehood Day will be marked in Kosovo-Metohija.

Top Serbian officials send Christmas greetings

BELGRADE -- Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic has wished a merry Christmas to all priests and members of the Serbian Orthodox Church, the government said in a statement.