Bajram Gecaj, Kosovo’s Deputy Minister for Local Government and advisor to Prime Minister Isa Mustafa, reacted to a statement by Marko Djuric, head of the Serbian Government’s Office for Kosovo, who said that the Association/Community of Serb-majority municipalities will be an integral part of Serbia. Gecaj wrote on his Facebook account today: “Djuric seems to be having major problems within their political structures. He is talking nonsense, as if he were in his youth when his state exerted violence and genocide against Kosovo Albanians.

Belgrade will, along with representatives of Serbs, start forming the Community of Serb Municipalities (ZSO) in Kosovo after February 15.

Director of the Serbian Government Office for Kosovo and Metohija Marko Djuric said this on Wednesday.

The events will unfold in that way unless the authorities in Pristina start fulfilling their obligations related to the formation of the ZSO by Sretenje (Feb. 15, Serbia's Statehood Day), Djuric said.

The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) has assigned the "geographic area" of Kosovo the +383 dialling code pursuant to the Brussels agreement on telecommunications and a formal letter from Serbia.

"This is a historic achievement in the field of telecommunications that strengthens the international entity of Kosovo," the website of the Kosovo government quoted Minister for Dialogue Edita Tahiri as saying.

In Mitrovica after 17 years, today was opened NIS fuel pump, and Director of the Office for KiM attended the opening ceremony. Đurić went to Kosovo despite the ban, reports Tanjug.

Director of the Office for Kosovo and Metohija Marko Đurić has cancelled the previously announced visit to Mitrovica due to “objective circumstances”.

This visit was planned due to the opening of the NIS fuel stations in the north.

BRUSSELS - With EU facilitation, the Belgrade and Pristina delegations on Wednesday agreed on implementation of the 2015 agreement on the judiciary, which secures adequate legal protection for Serb natural and legal entities in the province, says Marko Djuric, head of the Serbian government Office for Kosovo-Metohija.

"Following months of diplomatic efforts, our delegation managed to ensure with this agreement the recognition and execution of

Establishment of the Community of Serb Municipalities (ZSO) is a key issue raised by Belgrade's delegation with EU representatives in Brussels.

Marko Djuric, head of the Serbian Government Office for Kosovo and Metohija, said this on Tuesday.

Although it has committed itself to this at the top political level, Pristina is still unwilling to discuss the topic, he said, according to Tanjug.

The director of the Office for Kosovo-Metohija, Marko Djuric, met with Portuguese Ambassador to Serbia Augusto Peixoto to brief him on the current state of the Belgrade-Pristina dialogue, stressing the importance of a prompt formation of the Community of Serb Municipalities for the normalization of relations.

Director of the Office for Kosovo and Metohija Marko Đurić will visit Mitrovica today on the occasion of the Liberation Day of Mitrovica.

A deal on carrying out a Belgrade-Pristina agreement on telecommunications was confirmed in Brussels Friday after three days of discussions, with all details of the implementation coordinated.

A new era is beginning for Telekom Srbija - the operator will be available across Serbia, including Kosovo-Metohija, and its overall value will increase, said the head of the Serbian Office for Kosovo-Metohija, Marko Djuric.