Kosovo

BELGRADE - Serbia's First Deputy Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic asked Minister for Kosovo-Metohija (KiM) Aleksandar Vulin on Wednesday to prepare a report on Kosovo's armed forces and ban on entry to KiM for some opposition politicians.

BELGRADE - Director of the Serbian government’s Office for Kosovo-Metohija (KiM) Aleksandar Vulin said Wednesday that new local authorities in northern Kosovo will be solving citizens’ problems such as infrastructure development,illegal construction and changes in the ethnic structure of the population,and the Serbian government will deal with status issues.

STRPCE - Several hundred Serbs rallied in Strpce on Wednesday urging the release of five fellow nations who were incarcerated in an action by the ROSU special unit of the Kosovo police.

BELGRADE - Serbian Defence Minister Nebojsa Rodic conferred with Indonesian Ambassador in Serbia Samuel Samson on Tuesday and expressed gratitude for Indonesia's principled support to the fight for protection Serbia's legitimate interests over the unilaterally declared independence of Kosovo.

STRPCE - Ivan Redzic, official of the municipality of Strpce, has said that five Serbs from this town, who were arrested in Tuesday's action by the Kosovo police, have been placed in custody.

Kosovo cities make teacher hiring more transparent

A lack of transparency has been the most common form of political influence in the education system.

Pristina and Mitrovica municipalities widened the pool of people who participate in teacher hiring. [AFP]

ZVECAN - Aleksandar Vulin, Serbia's minister without portfolio in charge of Kosovo-Metohija, has noted that the operation that Kosovo police carried out in Strpce, southern Kosovo-Metohija, on Tuesday was aimed at intimidating Serbs and forcing them to flee.

KOSOVSKA MITROVICA - A pre-trial judge at the Basic Court in North Mitrovica granted the application of Kosovo's Special Prosecution Office and ordered a two-month extension of detention on remand for Dragoljub Delibasic.

PRISTINA - Oliver Ivanovic, one of Serb leaders from northern Kosovo-Metohija (KiM), began a hunger strike in a detention unit in Pristina on Tuesday, said his defense attorney Nebojsa Vlajic.

Ivanovic's only request is that he be transferred to a detention unit in Kosovska Mitrovica, Vlajic noted.

BELGRADE - The Office for Kosovo-Metohija (KiM) stated that the Pristina authorities banned Serbian Minister without Portfolio in charge of KiM Aleksandar Vulin and Minister of Youth and Sports Vanja Udovicic from visiting KiM, adding that this time Serbia is prevented from helping best Serb students in the province to broaden their knowledge and talents.