Director of the Serbian government's Office for Kosovo-Metohija (KiM) Marko Djuric expressed on Thursday his deep disappointment and revolt over the court decision to extend the detention for Oliver Ivanovic, leader of the Serb party Citizens' Initiative Freedom, Democracy Justice, and qualified it as yet another proof that the case against Ivanovic is politically motivated.

The detention for Ivanovic has been extended until October 6. According to Djuric, this decision is a bad signal for the overall political climate and the rule of law in Kosovo.

The director of the Serbian Government’s Office for Kosovo and Metohija Marko Đurić congratulated Miners Day to “Trepča” miners, and miners throughout Serbia.

The Kosovo assembly has not accepted a proposal to consider a draft resolution on alleged genocide by Yugoslav army and police forces against ethnic Albanians.

45 deputies on Monday voted in favour of including the draft in the agenda, 55 were against, while five abstained.

The initiative to adopt such a resolution came from the Self-Determination Movement, the Alliance for the Future of Kosovo, and the Initiative for the Future of Kosovo.

They believe that members of Serb security forces committed genocide against Albanians in the province during the last war.

The Belgrade-Pristina dialogue remains something that is for Serbia a way not only to resolve practical problems, but also improve relations between Serbs and Albanians in Kosovo, Director of the Office for Kosovo-Metohija (KiM) Marko Djuric said on Saturday evening.

Director of the Serbian Government’s Office for Kosovo and Metohija Marko Djuric says Belgrade continues activities in normalizing relations with Pristina.

This is the case "although there are plenty of problems in the implementation of what had been the agreed in the Brussels dialogue," he said on Tuesday.

In an interview with Tanjug, Djuric said that he would travel to Brussels on Wednesday to take part in meetings on the implementation of the deals reached.

The director of the Serbian Government’s Office in Kosovo and Metohija Marko Đurić yesterday was declared the honorary citizen of Zvečan/Zveçan.

Đurić said that the reward he received at the very Day of the Municipality is a sort of advanced call for what has to be done in future and that he feels additional responsibility for doing more.

Pristina refused to agree on telecommunications and the Community/Association of Serbian municipalities. Serbia is ready to continue the negotiations, but so far there is no exact date for the resumption of dialogue in Brussels, Djuric notes.

Marko Djuric, visiting the RTS, said that Pristina has not been interested to reach an agreement and that at one point it looked as if the talks would be suspended.

"They do not sit in the room physically, but I think there were several separate conversations with representatives of several states today, including the Americans, and their role in the political sense is very important," he said.

The director of the Serbian Government's Office for Kosovo and Metohija made this statement when state broadcaster RTS asked about "American participation in negotiations in Brussels".

A round of the Kosovo dialogue ended late on Tuesday with "progress made, but no agreements reached."

The director of the Serbian Government’s Office for Kosovo and Metohija Marko Đurić today signed contracts with 21 NGOs for funding projects, amounting to around RSD 16 million, on sustainable return and survival in Kosovo.

On the occasion of signing the contracts Đurić said that struggle for Kosovo must be the one of the entire society and not only of the state and the government.

After the 15 hours long negotiations on telecommunications, within the framework of the technical dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina, was not reached an agreement on key issues, was stated from the Serbian Government Office for Kosovo and Metohija.