Serbs of Kosovo

LIPLJAN - A commemoration was held in the village of Staro Gracko on Wednesday to mark 15 years since the killing of 14 Serb reapers in the municipality of Lipljan in northern Kosovo-Metohija (KiM).

The Community of Serb Municipalities, which represents Serbs in the north, made its threat at a protest in the northern town of Zubin Potok on Monday, held under the slogan “We are All the Same - Who is Next?”

ZUBIN POTOK – Representatives of Serbs in Kosovo-Metohija (KiM) staged a protest rally in Zubin Potok in northern KiM Monday, and warned that they would consider the possibility of leaving Kosovo institutions if arrests of Serbs in the southern Serbian province continued.

BELGRADE - By taking part in the Kosovo government, Serbia decided to take upon itself a significant part of responsibility for the safety and quality of life of Kosovo Serbs and I expect to see the Serbs take ministerial seats too, the Director of Serbian government's Office for Kosovo-Metohija (KiM) Marko Djuric said.

Thaci told that "someone else secured majority"

PRIŠTINA -- EU diplomats are reportedly "concerned" that Hashim Thaci's DPK party insists on remaining in power "at any cost" - or force new elections.

The party won a majority of seats in Kosovo's assembly in the June 8, but has been unable to form a coalition.

Kosovo office head: Ministerial positions for Serbs

BELGRADE -- Serbia opted to participate in the Kosovo authorities and take on responsibility and expects Serbs to be given ministerial posts, says Marko Đurić.

Ksenija Bozovic, President of the local assembly in North Mitrovica, has accused Kosovo's Environment Minister, Dardan Gashi, of further raising tensions in the already tense north after Gashi on Tuesday threatened to demolish all newly erected monuments by both Kosovo Serbs and Albanians in Mitrovica.

Forensic experts are hunting for evidence at a grave site in the Kosovo village of Rezalle, where 42 Albanians were allegedly killed by Serbian forces in April 1999.

BELGRADE - Ivica Dacic, Serbia's first deputy prime minister and foreign minister, said on Monday in a meeting with Head of EULEX Mission in Kosovo-Metohija Bernd Borchardt that the presence of that and other international actors in Kosovo, such as UNMIK and KFOR, is a guarantor of Serbs' survival in Kosovo-Metohija.

The authorities set up tents on Monday in towns across Kosovo, excluding Serb-majority areas, where people could sign the petition calling on the UN to finally establish the facts about rapes by Serbian fighters during the 1998-99 war.