Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic speaking at a news conference today said there is serious work in the investigation of Oliver Ivanovic’s murder and that he thinks the Serbian side has the name of the murderer, RTS reports. Speaking about the investigation, Vucic said that Albanians “have no clue” who has murdered Oliver Ivanovic. “We are working seriously, and we think that we have the name of the murderer, an executor, Albanians do not have it, they have no clue.

After two days of closure, shops in the north of Kosovo and Metohija were open today, Serbian national broadcaster RTS reports. As a sign of protest against 100 percent tariffs Pristina imposed on goods from central Serbia, all shops, restaurants, bakeries and petrol stations were closed for two days. The situation in the Clinical Centre in Mitrovica North is concerning and there is a shortage of some medicaments, RTS added.

UN Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) has neither confirmed nor denied the information that international arrest warrant has been issued for Srpska Lista Deputy Chair, Milan Radojicic under suspicion of involvement in the murder of Oliver Ivanovic. Asked by Voice of America if it is true that the international arrest warrant was issued through UNMIK, Spokesperson of the Mission Sanam Dolatshahi said communications between UNMIK and Pristina authorities regarding Interpol, as well as between UNMIK and Interpol is confidential. “If you have specific questions regarding arrest warrants you may wish to r

Serbian Orthodox Church (SOC) Raska-Prizren Eparchy issued an urgent appeal to all SOC eparchies and humanitarian organizations to collect humanitarian aid regarding the latest situation in the north of Kosovo, Radio kontakt plus reported. “In relation to the severe humanitarian situation in the north of Kosovo and Metohija, caused by the decision of Kosovo institutions to impose 100 percent tariffs on all goods from central Serbia, but also by other Pristina’s restrictive measures, the Raska-Prizren Eparchy sends an urgent appeal to all eparchies of the Serbian Orthodox Church and humanitari

Foreign policy commentator of Belgrade-based daily Politika and military analyst Miroslav Lazanski told RTS if Washington pressures Pristina to move towards compromise solution then a way out of the current situation is possible. According to him Europe showed infirmity regarding Kosovo.

All shops, restaurants and business premises in the north of Kosovo and Metohija remain closed since yesterday RTS reports. The Association of Businessmen would decide how long it would last. As said earlier they were not able to run their businesses for more than seven months due to the tariffs Pristina imposed on the goods from central Serbia. Residents of Mitrovica North prepared some reserves, however the question is how long the reserves would last.

Radio kontakt plus conducted interviews with Mitrovica North residents to hear their stances on the current situation in the northern Kosvo, where all shops, restaurants, pharmacies, petrol stations and market remain closed for the second consecutive day. “These are tricks by both Belgrade and Pristina. And we shall see who will get the profit. What about workers, what about people, what about goods and who will pay for the goods if they get rotted. What about farmers who have their products but cannot sell them? Shame,” one of the citizens said. “Mitrovica looks like a desert.

Serbian Government Office for Kosovo and Metohija Director Marko Djuric said the arrest warrant for Milan Radojicic and indictment against Ivan Todosijevic are messages to the Serbs that any their resistance is hopeless, given that even local Serb leaders cannot avoid Pristina’s highhandedness. He also noted the hunt against Srpska Lista officials is part of “a special war” by which Pristina wants to create the impression among the Serbs in the north of Kosovo they have no systematic protection at all and their voice is irrelevant since the exclusive power to decide rests with the Albanians a

Srpska Lista (SL) said today that Pristina by raising indictment against former Kosovo Minister of Local Self-Governance Administration Ivan Todosijevic over his statement on Racak continues pressure on the Serbian population in the north of Kosovo, BETA news agency reports. SL said that “Pristina has raised an indictment and once more demonstrated the force and institutional violence in order to discipline the Serbian people.” SL added in the statement that Kosovo Albanian leaders must realize no force would make Serbs accept a fake history in which Serbs are criminals and Serbian victims i

“Institutions should do their job and the most important is that the murderer of Oliver Ivanovic, whoever it might be, faces the justice,” Deputy leader of Civic Initiative Freedom, Democracy, Justice (GI SDP) Ksenija Bozovic said commenting on the media reports regarding international arrest warrant issued for Milan Radojicic, RTV KIM reports. Bozovic also noted she heard about the alleged international arrest warrant from the media, however she has no details. “This is the main news for two days already.