Every third woman in Kosovo is subjected to domestic violence, UN Women in Kosovo Director, Flora Macula said today during debate in Media Centre in Caglavica. Police said there are 1269 domestic violence cases reported last year, and five cases ended tragically.

The number of Serbs interested in joining the Kosovo Police remains consistent, officials said, despite reports that Serbs have been asking to quit the Kosovo Security Force amid political tensions.

The Serbian List MP Igor Simic says that the international community silence regarding the arrest of five Serbs in Gnjilane is causing uneasiness among the Serbs in Kosovo.

“The international community’s silence on such a brutal force is something that is causing uneasiness among the Serbs in Kosovo. It simply mustn’t happen, especially when we are in the negotiation phase,'' Simic told TV Prva, based in Belgrade.

Kosovo Prime Minister Ramush Haradinaj on Tuesday requested a bilateral meeting with Serbian Prime Minister Ana Brnabic.

According to our reporter in London, the Serbian delegation refused the request, but after it was repeated, a brief meeting took place.

Members of the special forces of the Kosovo police, armed with long pipes, arrested and then released five Serbs.

The police this morning infiltrated the premises of the Cultural and Educational Center "Bozidar Mitrovic Sandor" in Silovo near Gnjilane and searched several houses in that town.