Kosovo War

KOSOVSKA MITROVICA - Several thousand Kosovo-Metohija Serbs held a peaceful protest in the north of Kosovska Mitrovica on Wednesday over Pristina's announcement the town's main bridge on the Ibar River would be opened to traffic.

BELGRADE - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said on Wednesday UNSC Resolution 1244 spoke of the territorial integrity of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and its legal successor, Serbia, but that foreigners took "only what they like" from that resolution.

BELGRADE - Serbian FM Marko Djuric said on Monday, the 25th anniversary of UNSC Resolution 1244, that a solution to the Kosovo-Metohija issue could be sought only through constructive dialogue within the framework of the resolution.

BELGRADE - Serbian Interior Minister Ivica Dacic said on Monday UNSC Resolution 1244, adopted 25 years ago, was still current and valid and that everyone must comply with it.

MT KOPAONIK - Serbian Armed Forces Chief of General Staff Gen Milan Mojsilovic met with Kfor Commander Maj Gen Ozkan Ulutas on Mt Kopaonik on Wednesday to discuss the current security situation in Kosovo-Metohija, the cooperation to date and the effects of activities being taken to monitor the situation on the ground and prevent further deterioration of the security situation in the province.

Bulgaria's Deputy Minister of Defense Radostin Iliev and Chief of Defense Admiral Emil Eftimov are scheduled to participate in a formal ceremony tomorrow, May 21, to dispatch a military unit for deployment in the Operational Reserve Force of the NATO Stabilization Force in Kosovo (KFOR). The ceremony is set to commence at 11:00 a.m. at Georgi Izmirliev Square in Blagoevgrad.

For 25 years, the bombed-out remnants of the former Yugoslav army headquarters in the center of Belgrade, targeted by NATO airstrikes in 1999, stood as a stark reminder of the brutality endured by the Serbian nation during the Kosovo war.

BRUSSELS - Serbia's Ambassador to NATO Branimir Filipovic says Serbia-NATO cooperation has been "continuously very good", with a high level of communication at various levels, and that it is very important for preserving peace and security in Kosovo-Metohija, NATO being the only legal military force in the territory under UNSCR 1244.

KOSOVSKA MITROVICA - The so-called Kosovo Police said on Monday it had arrested a Serb suspected of allegedly having committed a war crime.

In a statement, it said the 70-year-old man, identified with the initials Z N, had been arrested in the north of Kosovska Mitrovica for allegedly committing a "war crime against civilians - sexual violence" in the Vucitrn municipality in 1999.

In a scheduled operation, military personnel and equipment from the Armed Forces of the Republic of Turkey, serving as part of the NATO Stabilization Force mission in Kosovo (KFOR), are set to traverse Bulgaria's road infrastructure on February 27 and 28.

The deployment forms part of the rotational process within the operational theater, signaling ongoing NATO efforts in the region.