North Kosovo

Kosovo police sources told BIRN that Milan Radoicic, a businessman widely seen as the real power-holder in Serb-majority northern Kosovo, is a suspect in the murder of Kosovo Serb politician Oliver Ivanovic.

Chinese Ambassador Li Manchang responded to this on Friday on Belgrade by saying he will notify the president of China about this in the course of the day.

Kosovo police special forces on Friday morning arrested three people allegedly connected to the murder of Kosovo Serb politician Oliver Ivanovic, and another for obstructing police officers.

President Aleksandar Vucic has had extraordinary meetings with the army and police chiefs this morning.

Other security services, as well as commanders of special military and police units, also took part in these meetings.

Milan Radoicic,  a leading figure in northern Kosovo close to Serbia's ruling Progressive Party, has expanded his business operations in Serbia by becoming part-owner of a construction company with another Kosovo Serb, Zvonko Veselinovic.

The spokesperson of the Kosovo Security Force Ministry, Ibrahim Shala, confirmed on Sunday that an explosive device was found strapped to a tree on the property of a member of Kosovo Security Force, KSF, on Saturday evening in Serb-run North Mitrovica in northern Kosovo.

Last week, the Kosovo assembly adopted three draft laws on the transformation of the KSF, with Serb List members of the assembly opposed, Albanian language paper Zeri is reporting. The aim was to circumvent the constitutional changes, which must have be supported by the Serbs.

According to the Serbian government, Brnabic "pointed out to the importance of further uninterrupted presence and operation of that mission in order to create conditions for a normal and dignified life our people in the province."

Thousands of people from across Kosovo descended on central Pristina on Saturday for a protest organised by the country's main opposition force, Vetevendosje, against President Thaci and his push in recent months for "border corrections" between Kosovo and Serbia.

And this ban without any explanation and any time limit, Gouillon added.

Media reports said earlier in the day that members of the Kosovo police had stated that according to their view, Gouillon "had no permit to visit" the self-proclaimed state.