Protests against Kosovo declaration of independence

The Higher Public Prosecutor's office in Kraljevo, central Serbia, ordered an investigation into three detained Kosovo policemen suspected of the illegal production, possession, carrying and trafficking of weapons and explosive materials..

The judge for the preliminary proceedings of the Higher Court in Kraljevo meanwhile ordered the detention of all three suspects.

Serbia put its troops on the border with Kosovo on the highest state of alert Friday following clashes between ethnic Serbs and Kosovo police that left more than a dozen injured on both sides.

According to the Montenegrin Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Bozovic was summoned to this Ministry's office to be served with a protest note over alleged events in front of the Montenegrin Embassy in Belgrade and last night's attempt to set the Montenegrin flag on fire.

Following mass protests by ethnic Serbs in Montenegro against the recently adopted Law on Religious Freedom, which they say targets the assets of the Serbian Orthodox Church, agitation against the law has spread to neighbouring Serbia.

The US State Department said it was disappointed with the ruling in the trial for the burning of the US embassy in Belgrade in 2008.

It took place after the rally "Kosovo is Serbia."

BELGRADE - The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Serbia said Friday no Serbian citizens had been wounded in an attack in the Egyptian town of Hurghada.

Six people were stabbed in the resort town earlier in the day.

Protesters carrying Serbian flags and chanting anti-Albanian slogans prevented the showing of a film about Serb-Albanian relations in the city of Nis.

Dozens of far-right activists in the Serbian city of Novi Sad tried to stop the showing of a film about life in Kosovo, but police ousted them from the building after they forced their way in.

BELGRADE - The Ukrainian embassy in Belgrade announced Tuesday the country's security service, SBU, had for now confirmed that four Serbian citizens had violated Ukrainian laws by visiting Crimea.

A statement released by the embassy did not give their names.

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Kosovo police fired tear gas to disperse about 150 protesters outside the government building in Pristina on Wednesday as a crisis deepens over relations with Serbia, Reuters reported.  

The protests followed news of the arrest of an opposition lawmaker charged with of releasing tear gas in parliament on Tuesday, whem police and protesters also clashed in Pristina.