Pristina

PRISTINA -Blerim Demiri from Urosevac took part in a suicide attack on the Iraqi army, which claimed the lives of 52 troops, Pristina media reported on Tuesday.

The media noted that Demiri was the first citizen of Kosovo to carry out such an attack.

BELGRADE - The chairman of the Serbian parliamentary committee on Kosovo-Metohija Milovan Drecun said on Monday that he expects future Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic to expedite the Brussels talks on normalising the Belgrade-Pristina ties.

Kosovo dialogue "not right place to discuss Ukraine"

BELGRADE -- Milovan Drecun says he "does not believe that the EU will take advantage of today's round of the Kosovo dialogue to influence Serbia about Ukraine."

PRISTINA - Security has improved significantly across Kosovo since the signing of the Belgrade-Pristina agreement on April 19 last year, Kfor Commander General Salvatore Farina has said.

Farina made the statement on Wednesday during a meeting with the Chief of Staff of the Albanian Armed Forces Jeronim Bazo, the Ansa agency reports.

BELGRADE - Head of the EU Delegation to Serbia Michael Davenport has complimented Serbia on a well conducted election and added the EU expected the next government to continue the reforms, EU integration and the implementation of the agreement with Pristina.

The European Investment Bank, EIB, has expressed its willingness to invest in Kosovo in fields such as transport, telecommunications and energy.

Dario Scannapieco, deputy head of the EIB, spoke after a meeting with Besim Beqaj, Kosovo's Minister of Finance.

PRISTINA -Bishop Teodosije of the Diocese of Raska-Prizren and Kosovo-Metohija served a memorial service at the St. Nikola Churć in Pristina on Monday for the Serbs killed in the pogrom by Albanian extremists in Kosovo-Metohija (KiM) ten years ago.

BELGRADE - U.S. Ambassador to Serbia Michel Kirby has stated that according to the electoral results, the voters have shown that they are expecting economic reforms and creation of new jobs.

BELGRADE - Serbia's Minister without portfolio for Kosovo-Metohija Aleksandar Vulin has been banned from attending a memorial service for slain Kosovo Serbs that will be held at the St. Nicholas Church in Pristina to mark the tenth anniversary of the March Pogrom, the Serbian government Office for Kosovo-Metohija said on Sunday.

Kosovo faces water shortages