Kosovo

BELGRADE - The issue of missing persons in the wake of the 1999 war in Kosovo-Metohija remains current for Serbian state authorities, but the search for those missing has been bogged down by insufficient engagement by the Pristina provisional institutions, the Association of Families of Kidnapped and Missing Persons in Kosovo-Metohija said at a conference titled Waiting for the Truth and Justic

BELGRADE - Serbian PM Milos Vucevic said Pristina's police raid on the building of a Serbian urban planning enterprise on Friday was a continuation of terror against Kosovo-Metohija Serbs.

KOSOVSKA MITROVICA - Pristina's special police raided the building of a Serbian urban planning enterprise in the north of Kosovska Mitrovica on Friday.

During the raid, the so-called Kosovo Police seized the enterprise's property found inside the building.

The enterprise has around a dozen employees.

BELGRADE - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic announced on Thursday evening more countries would derecognise the so-called Kosovo.

In an appearance on an RTS talk show, Vucic said they were African and Asian countries and added that "there are some in Latin America as well."

BELGRADE - Serbian Deputy Parliament Speaker Jovan Janjic received Belarusian non-resident Ambassador to Belgrade Sergei Malinovsky on Thursday and noted that 2024 marked 30 years of diplomatic relations between the two countries.

Janjic said the cooperation between the two Slavic nations had existed historically, centuries before the establishment of diplomatic relations.

GRACANICA - The so-called Kosovo Police on Thursday raided the building of the Gracanica municipality, which operates within the system of the provisional Pristina institutions, and arrested two people on suspicion of office abuse and corruption.

The entrance to the building was not blocked during the raid and armed police troops could be seen outside.

KOSOVSKA MITROVICA - Pristina's special police raided the offices of the Serbian Directorate for Development Land and Roads and the Directorate for Housing and Office Space in the north of Kosovska Mitrovica on Thursday, expelling around 70 employees who were inside at the time.

BELGRADE - Commenting on opposition protests in the country, President of Serbia and Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) Presidency member Aleksandar Vucic said on Wednesday evening global power-wielders needed to finish all their dirty work in Serbia for three reasons: because they wanted to finish everything regarding Kosovo-Metohija, because they could not stand Serbia being the leading regional

PRISTINA - Pristina's election complaints panel upheld a Srpska lista appeal on Wednesday and ordered the central election commission to certify the Serb party and its candidates for the February 9 elections in Kosovo-Metohija.

BELGRADE - Serbian FM Marko Djuric met with the Russian and Belarusian ambassadors to Belgrade, Alexander Botsan-Kharchenko and Sergei Malinovsky, on Wednesday and thanked them for their countries' principled position on the territorial integrity and sovereignty of Serbia as well as for the support on the Kosovo-Metohija issue.