Kosovo–Serbia border clashes

Serbia, Kosovo police discuss shared threats

The first meeting between the police chiefs of Serbia and Kosovo is being hailed as a major step in the region's fight against organised crime.

EULEX head Gabriele Maucchi commended the police directors of Kosovo and Serbia for meeting in Belgrade on March 10th. [AFP]

KOSOVSKA MITROVICA - Stevan Vulovic, mayor of the Zubin Potok municipality in northern Kosovo, was placed under a 30-day house arrest, the Pristina-based electronic media reported on Tuesday, citing EULEX spokesperson Dragana Nikolic Solomon.

Monastery wants barbed wire for protection after incident

BELGRADE -- Visoki Dečani monastery's Archdeacon Sava Janjić has rejected claims that the threatening graffiti on the monastery facilities was the work of "several minors."

BELGRADE - Serb Radomir Kasalovic, indicted for a murder of a Kosovo police officer in 2011, gave himself in to EULEX police near Zubin Potok in northern Kosovo Tuesday morning.

MITROVICA - EULEX Acting Head of Mission Joelle Vachter and Head of the EU Office in Kosovo Samuel Zbogar talked in northern Mitrovica on Tuesday with political representatives of north Kosovo Serbs about the security of citizens and the rule of law.

Serbian Army, KFOR "triple patrols" in GSZ

PRIŠTINA -- KFOR commander Salvatore Farina says the number of patrols of the NATO-led mission and of the Serbian Army in the Ground Safety Zone (GSZ) had been "tripled."

PRISTINA - KFOR Commander Major General Salvatore Farina said in Pristina on Monday that the number of patrols of that military mission and the Serbian Armed Forces in the ground security zone has been tripled since the killing of Serbian Gendarmerie member Stevan Sindjelic.

The EU rule-of-law mission, EULEX, issued the arrest warrants on Monday after Stevan Vulovic, the mayor of the Zubin Potok municipality, and Slavisa Ristic, a former mayor of Zubin Potok, failed to turn up for interviews with a prosecutor.

BELGRADE - Head of the Serbian government office for Kosovo Marko Djuric has criticised EULEX for issuing arrest warrants against the current and former mayors of Zubin Potok, Stevan Vulovic and Slavisa Ristic, and he called for dialogue as the means to solve those problems.

Minister wants "urgent meeting" with EULEX, KFOR

BELGRADE -- Interior Minister Nebojša Stefanović says he has requested an urgent meeting with representatives of EULEX and KFOR after the killing of a Serbian policeman.