Kosovo’s Foreign Minister, Enver Hoxhaj, said today that the universal recognition of Kosovo’s independence and statehood remains the top priority of Kosovo’s foreign policy. In his report to the Kosovo Assembly’s Foreign Affairs Committee, Hoxhaj said his ministry was making outstanding efforts to increase the number of recognitions of Kosovo’s independence. “Kosovo will get three new recognitions by the end of the year.

Minister for Communities and Return Dalibor Jevtić says that he spoke with representatives of the international community and that they did not see the reasons for the actions of the Kosovo Police "around the attempts of expulsion of the representative of Serbia from Gračanica, as well as for the ban on a visit to Peć."

The Director of the Office for Kosovo and Metohija says that no official from Pristina has apologized for the police stopping of his vehicle and the attempt of his "expulsion" from Gračanica.

On the other hand, the Deputy Foreign Minister of Kosovo Valon Murtezaj said that Đurić did not respect the agreement on official visits of Belgrade.

Kosovo authorities have ordered the head of the Serbian Government’s Office for Kosovo Marko Đurić, who was visiting Graçanica/Gračanica, to go back to Serbia. Kosovo’s Deputy Foreign Minister, Valon Murtezaj, said that although Đurić did possess permit to visit Kosovo, he behaved in an inappropriate manner. Murtezaj recalled that under the agreement on Kosovo visits, Serb officials should not make inciting political statements.

The Serbian List leader, Slavko Simić, during the Kosovo Assembly session today said that the “incident” that occurred last night in Gracanica where Kosovo Police stopped the director of the Office for Kosovo in the Serbian Government, Marko Đuric, sends a bad message for Serbs in Kosovo. Simić also mentioned cases of Mushtisht and Novobërdë/Novo Brdo, saying it is a violation of human rights to prevent Serbs to return to their homes. He also called for a faster establishment of the Association/Community of Serb-majority municipalities.

The head of the Serbian government Office for Kosovo-Metohija, Marko Đurić, opened an exhibition titled "Kosovo-Metohija - 10 steps" at the Serbian Cultural Centre in Paris Tuesday, noting it best reflected the nature and the value of the Serbian heritage in Kosovo-Metohija.

Addressing a large number of ambassadors to UNESCO in attendance, Đurić said the Serbian cultural heritage had been a target of frequent attacks over the past decades, the March 2004 pogrom being the most horrific episode.

Director of the Office for Kosovo and Metohija Marko Đurić will open today at the Serbian Cultural Centre in Paris, a multimedia interactive exhibition "Kosovo and Metohija - 10 steps", in cooperation with the municipality Zvečan/Zveçan, said the statement of the this office.

Director of the Office for Kosovo and Metohija, Marko Đurić last night in Gračanica has sent a message to Albanian politicians in Pristina not to hide behind the MPs of the Serbian List, and not to shift cowardly the responsibility for the outcome of yesterday's session of Parliament, with the agenda on the ratification of the agreement on the demarcation with Montenegro.

Minister of Education, Science and Technological Development, Mladen Šarčević in Gračanica wished the pupils, in the system of the Republic of Serbia, a happy beginning of the school year. On that occasion he said that the Serbian education would survive and thrive in the southern province.

The Minister stressed that he intends to often stay in Kosovo and announced that soon would be initiated the formation of the fund, which will aim to improve the working conditions of school children in Kosovo.

Commenting on the anxieties of the citizens of northern Mitrovica regarding the future opening of the bridge, Director of the Office for Kosovo and Metohija Marko Đurić informed TV Most that “King Peter Street in Mitrovica will be fully closed for traffic and transformed into a modern pedestrian zone, like Knez Mihailova in Belgrade […] and will literally be fully closed from any direction from South Mitrovica and be even more visible than it was in earlier periods. From the bridge, it will only be possible to turn to the Bosniak Mahala and to Suvi Do.