Serbian Government Office for Kosovo Director, Marko Djuric met with the Head of UNMIK, Zahir Tanin today and spoke about current political and security situation in Kosovo and the forthcoming UN Security Council session on Kosovo, Serbian media reported.
On this occasion, Djuric expressed the stance of Serbia that UN Security Council should continue discussions on Kosovo every three months.
The Serb (Srpska) List has declared victory in Sunday's local elections in all municipalities with a Serb majority in Kosovo and Metohija, Serbian media reported.
According to the Serb List and the preliminary results, its leader and candidate for mayor of northern Kosovska Mitrovica Goran Rakic has also won convincingly.
"There will be a runoff, but in four years," said Rakic.
On Saturday in North Mitrovica Director of the Office for Kosovo and Metohija Marko Đurić and Metohija and Minister of Education Mladen Šarčević met with the directors of preschool, primary and secondary educational institutions in Kosovo. In the meeting they have discussed the reform of the Law on Education, curriculums and the support to the educational institutions in Kosovo, reported TV Most.
Commenting yesterday's arrest of Serbian List activists, Director of the Office for Kosovo and Metohija Marko Đurić estimates for RTS that this is not a coincidence, adding that Pristina, perhaps and a part of the international community, does not correspond to unity of Serbs and institutional ties with the state of Serbia, TV Most reports.
Serbian side would be ready tomorrow for the creation of a new court and new prosecution with Serb majority in the north of Kosovo, which is a delay of two or three days and therefore Serbia would be ready to fully implement obligations related to the agreement on judiciary, the Serbian Government Office for Kosovo Director, Marko Djuric said to Tanjug.
“On the occasion of the upcoming local elections, that are being held under the Constitution and the laws of the separatist authorities in Pristina, National Movement of Serbs from Kosovo and Metohija “Fatherland” calls on all Serbs throughout the southern Serbian province to boycott these elections,” reported NSPM.
Serbian Government Office for Kosovo Director, Marko Djuric, visited yesterday in the afternoon Leposavic, to get first-hand information on frequent attacks against Srpska Lista activists, involving according to the victims’ testimonies activists of the Party of Kosovo Serbs (PKS) and members of Dragan Jablanovic family, who is a mayoral candidate in Leposavic, Tanjug news agency reported.
The first meeting of the Working Group to support internal dialogue on Kosovo, would be held after the Kosovo local elections, Politika daily reported today.
Following the meeting, Politika reported it could become public when the dialogue would start formally and who would receive the first invitations to the consultations on Kosovo.
Serbian President Vucic said earlier, he expects to come up with a proposal for Kosovo in March 2018.
Judges and prosecutors from the north of Kosovo did not take an oath today at the office of the Kosovo President, RTS reported.
The ceremony was scheduled to take place today at 11.00. Kosovo Chief Prosecutor, Aleksandar Lumezi said to RTS that judges and prosecutors from the north did not come and the next date would be set by the office of the Kosovo President.
Serbian Government Office for Kosovo Director, Marko Djuric said to RTS earlier, he expects the implementation of the agreement on the judiciary would start as of Friday.
While the Serbian authorities claim to have opened a second chapter in the announced ‘internal dialogue’ on Kosovo, the results of the first phase remain unknown.
Serbia announced the formation on Monday of a “working group” for the second phase of the country’s “internal dialogue” on Kosovo, the former province that proclaimed its independence in 2008. However, some experts have called the formation of the new group absurd, saying the result of the first phase remain totally unknown.