Srbica

The second day of Vucic's visit to Kosovo was marked by incidents and the roadblocks put up by ethnic Albanians on the way to the Serb village of Banje.

The president then decided to return to Kosovska Mitrovica, as police informed him that the blockades were two kilometers ahead of the convoy, and that it was not safe to continue the trip.

"We want to open the border between Albania and Kosovo. The prime minister told me that a decision has been made. Starting on January 1, free movement between Albania and Kosovo began," Majko said.

He stated this on the occasion of the Diaspora Day held in the town of Srbica, in Kosovo.

Srbica Mayor Sami Lushtaku, who has been convicted of war crimes committed against civilians in Kosovo, has been arrested after leaving a hospital.

Lushtaku is a former member of the now disbanded ethnic Albanian KLA and its "Drenica Group" and was in the hospital temporarily for treatment. He was previously sentenced to 12 years in prison.

PRISTINA - Representatives of the Department for Forensic Medicine informed the families of 28 victims whose remains were discovered in the mass grave in Rudnica near Raska about the identification results and presented them with relevant documents.

PRISTINA - Members of the Drenica Group who are charged with war crimes committed against civilians in the prison camp of former (ethnic Albanian paramilitary unit) Kosovo Liberation Army in 1998 have been released pending trial, Pristina media reported.

Three ex-KLA members accused of war crimes escape

KOSOVSKA MITROVICA -- A judge of the Basic Court in Northern Mitrovica has been asked to issue an arrest warrant for three fugitive defendants, former members of "the Drenica Group."

KOSOVSKA MITROVICA - EULEX Special Prosecutor Jonathan Ratel requested from a judge of the Basic Court in Kosovska Mitrovica on Thursday to issue an arrest warrant for the three fugitive defendants who had been members of the Drenica Group, a part of the former Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA).

BELGRADE - Serbian Minister without Portfolio responsible for Kosovo-Metohija Aleksandar Vulin and Defense Minister Nebojsa Rodic will attend a Midnight Easter Vigil at the Monastery of Devic, the Office for Kosovo-Metohija has announced.