Ljubomir Maric

"Respect of coalition agreement only condition"

KOSOVSKA MITROVICA -- Respect of the coalition agreement remains the only condition for return to Pristina institutions, Serb representatives have said.

They on Friday held a meeting with Director of the Serbian government Office for Kosovo and Metohija Marko Djuric.

KOSOVSKA MITROVICA - Respect of the coalition agreement remains the only condition for return to Pristina institutions, representatives of the Serb community in the Kosovo government and parliament said at the meeting with Director of the Serbian government Office for Kosovo-Metohija Marko Djuric.

PRISTINA - Representatives of the Serb List conferred with Kosovo Prime Minister Isa Mustafa early on Friday concerning the possibility for their return to Kosovo institutions, Tanjug has learnt.

GRACANICA - Members of the assemblies in the 10 Serb-majority municipalities in Kosovo-Metohija (KiM) and Serb members of the Kosovo parliament met in Gracanica on Wednesday to discuss their further political activities.

KOSOVSKA MITROVICA - A commemoration was served at the Monument of Truth in Kosovska Mitrovica on Tuesday to honour people killed in Kosovo-Metohija (KiM) and thus mark the beginning of celebration of the 11th anniversary since the pogrom of Serb population in KiM on March 17, 2004.

Decision on Serb participation "next week"

BELGRADE -- The Government's Office for Kosovo has announced that its Director Marko Djuric, Serbs from Kosovo and Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic will meet next week.

Djuric spoke on Thursday, after a meeting in Belgrade held in the government building with Serb representatives in the Kosovo government.

KOSOVSKA MITROVICA - Ljubomir Maric, Kosovo's minister of administration and local self-government from the Serb people, said on Monday that the formation of a community of Serb municipalities (ZSO) will be among the main topics of the next meeting held as part of the Brussels dialogue.

GRACANICA - The community of Serb municipalities (ZSO) cannot survive without property and it is therefore necessary to revise privatization in Kosovo, Ljubomir Maric, minister of administration and local self-government in the new Kosovo government, has said.

BELGRADE - Kosovo Deputy Prime Minister Branimir Stojanovic stated on Thursday that representatives of the Srpska list will not be a mere decoration in the newly formed Kosovo government and in case this should happen, they will withdraw from the government.

Kosovo assembly elects new government

PRIŠTINA -- The Kosovo assembly elected a new government on Tuesday, headed by the Democratic Alliance of Kosovo leader Isa Mustafa.

73 were in favor, 30 against, and two abstained.