BELGRADE -- A community of Serb municipalities in Kosovo is entering a phase where its "fundamental establishment should finally begin," says Marko Đurić.
The director of the Serbian government office for Kosovo and Metohija pointed out that the formation of this future community, known in Serbian by its acronym "ZSO", is closely associated with the formation of the Kosovo government.
Marko Djuric, head of the Serbian Government’s Office for Kosovo, said today that Albanians are not cooperating to help resolve the killing of several Serbs 15 years ago in the village of Gracka, near Lipjan/Lipjane. “The goal of this cowardly act was to expel Serbs from this village and from the municipality,” Djuric said during the inauguration of a memorial for the Serb victims. Kosovo’s outgoing Minister for Communities and Returns, Dalibor Jevtic, who attended the ceremony, said nothing has been done so far to resolve the case.
BELGRADE, BRUSSELS - Director of the Serbian government's Office for Kosovo-Metohija (KiM) Marko Djuric will meet with representatives of the interim authorities from Pristina in Brussels Tuesday, and the main topic of the talks will be the situation in the northern KiM city of Kosovska Mitrovica.
Djuric told Belgrade-based TV Pink on Monday that he expected to hear new ideas for the resolution of issues related to the bridge connecting the southern (Albanian) and the northern (Serb) part of the city.
BELGRADE - Director of the Serbian government Office for Kosovo-Metohija (KiM) Marko Djuric conferred with newly-appointed Ambassador of Great Britain in Belgrade Denis Keefe over the European integration process, and they underscored the exceptional importance of prompt resumption of the Belgrade-Pristina dialogue.
Djuric and Keefe agreed that it is very important to continue the implementation of the agreements reached within the Brussels accord, adding that the progress should be sought through practical steps, the Serbian government Office for KiM released.
Situation in Mitrovica and the manner in which justice is carried out will be the most important topic of the talks in Brussels, said today Director of the office for KiM, Marko Djuric.
"The main topic of discussions will be the situation in Kosovska Mitrovica, where there are still tensions due to the bridge events. The representatives of extremist groups cannot place their monuments, as is the Adem Jashari monument in the core of Serbs," said Djuric to the TV Pink the day before travel to Brussels.
BELGRADE -- Serbia opted to participate in the Kosovo authorities and take on responsibility and expects Serbs to be given ministerial posts, says Marko Đurić.
"Serbia has chosen to take on a considerable part of responsibility for security, economic sustainability and quality of life of the entire Serb community in the province by participating in the Kosovo government," said the director of the Serbian Government Office for Kosovo and Metohija.
The Director of the Serbian Government Office for Kosovo and Metohija, Marko Djuric, said today in a talk with UNMIK chief Farid Zarif in Kosovska Mitrovica that Belgrade’s key interest in Kosovo is stability. He added that Serbia, with the “reinforced power” it has gained from entering the provincial government and parliament of Kosovo, will continue to fight for the rights of its citizens.
Director of the Office for Kosovo and Metohija Marko Djuric said today that "Peace Park" in Mitrovica remains and that Serbs have no reason to be concerned.
Djuric said from Mitrovica that no one in the city, and especially Deputy Prime minister Edita Tahiri, will demolish anything and it should be discussed at the table on how to build better future for Serbs and Albanians.
Djuric visited construction works on the future Tsar Lazar square, located near the main Ibar/Iber river bridge where Serb have built "Peace Park" after they removed barricades.
FRANKFURT - Activities of Kosovo's privatization agency undermine the foundations upon which the Serb community in the province is built, Director of the Serbian government's Office for Kosovo-Metohija (KiM) Marko Djuric said Friday.
For that reason, one of the priorities is to resolve the matter of privatization agency's actions which judicial bodies in the province have characterized as criminal, Djuric said in an interview to the Serbian-language daily Vesti, published in Frankfurt.
BELGRADE - The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Mission to Serbia will continue cooperating with state institutions on the issues of refugees and displaced persons, Head of Mission Peter Burkhard said in talks with Director of the Serbian government's Office for Kosovo-Metohija (KiM) Marko Djuric.
Djuric and Ambassador Burkhard considered ways for overcoming the problems facing refugees, including cooperation with the OSCE on ensuring the return and sustainable stay in the province, the Office for KiM said.