Goran Rakic

KOSOVSKA MITROVICA - Mayor of Serb-majority North Mitrovica Goran Rakic does not have a police escort any more, regional operations chief of Kosovo police Zeljko Bojic told Tanjug.

Bojic specified that the main police directorate based in Pristina decided to scrap the police escort service for Rakic on February 2.

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.

KOSOVSKA MITROVICA - Leader of the Citizens' Initiative 'Freedom, Democracy, Justice' (SDP) Oliver Ivanovic and four more Serbs charged with grave crimes committed against ethnic Albanians in 1999 and 2000 pleaded not guilty at the trial which began in the Kosovska Mitrovica Basic Court on Thursday.

KOSOVSKA MITROVICA - KFOR is playing a key role in establishing stability in northern Kosovo-Metohija, it was concluded on Tuesday in a meeting between the KFOR Commander, Major General Francesco Paolo Figliuolo, and North Mitrovica Mayor Goran Rakic.

KM mayor reveals he was target of assassination plot

KOSOVSKA MITROVICA -- Mayor of northern Kosovska Mitrovica Goran Rakić has confirmed for the Beta news agency that he was informed of a plot to assassinate him.

Rakić said the information came from the Kosovo police.

KOSOVSKA MITROVICA - Mayor of North Kosovska Mitrovica Goran Rakic has told TV Most that the Kosovo police had informed him on Wednesday that there were preparations for his assassination.

"Some other sources have informed me that one ethnic Albanian individual has been arrested," he said, adding that he was not concerned because he had faith in the police and their efforts.

"Peaceful protests over political persecution"

ZVEČAN -- Councilors from four northern Kosovo municipalities say they would stage peaceful protests against the EU mission in Kosovo, EULEX.

According to them, EULEX is acting contrary to its mandate through political persecution of Serbs.

ZVECAN - The councillors of four northern Kosovo municipalities announced on Friday that they would stage peaceful protests against the EULEX Mission which, according to them, is acting contrary to its mandate through political persecution of Serbs.

JAGODINA - Mayor of northern Kosovska Mitrovica Goran Rakic qualified as strange on Monday the statement by Head of the EULEX Mission Bernd Borhart who said that the trust of northern Kosovo-Metohija citizens in EULEX is increasing.

KOSOVSKA MITROVICA - Mayor of North Kosovska Mitrovica Goran Rakic has called on the international community to invest maximum efforts into dealing with security issues and providing a safe environment for all the people in Kosovo.