Serbian national broadcaster RTS reported today that more than 25 armored vehicles and SUVs of Kosovo special police unit ROSU and around 100 police members entered the north of Kosovo and arrested two persons. According to the Kosovo police two persons were arrested in Mitrovica North, one police officer in connection with the murder of Oliver Ivanovic and another person who was found in possession of weapon. Serbian media reported second person is a son of North Regional Operations Chief Zeljko Bojic, for whom police is also searching.

Chairman of the Serbian Assembly Committee for KiM Milovan Drecun told Radio Television of Serbia (RTS) that the purpose of the elections in Kosovo is to stabilize the Albanian political scene, to build an executive that will be more unified on key political issues and have a firmer position for talks with Belgrade. Drecun adds that one cannot see willingness among existing Albanian leaders to sit at the negotiating table and seriously engage in talks with Serbia. Milovan Drecun, a guest on RTS's Morning News, stated that there were no new political actors in the Kosovo's upcoming elections.

Chairman of the Serbian National Assembly Committee for Kosovo and Metohija, Milovan Drecun said Albanians are not ready to take part in the process of finding out who were the perpetrators of the most serious crimes, Tanjug news agency reported. According to Drecun their aim is to make the investigations difficult, conceal the evidence and prevent finding of the truth. Drecun made these remarks in relation to the decision of Pristina authorities to refuse to handover mortal remains in Pristina of the seven members of the Serb families Sutkovic and Petkovic killed in 1999 in Djakovica.

Pristina authorities are constantly finding out new ways to impede the freedom of ordinary people of all ethnicities, Serbs in particular, and they do not hide their intolerance towards them, Director of the Office for Kosovo and Metohija Marko Djuric said. Chairperson of the Assembly Committee for Kosovo and Metohija Milovan Drecun said “that Serbian citizens should not travel to the southern province with passports but with the ID cards only”, RTS reports. Serbian officials this way reacted to the decision of the Kosovo border police directorate not to recognize Serbian passports that citi

Committee for Kosovo and Metohija Working Group has gathered new evidence that can take Ramush Haradinaj to the indictment seat, Chairman of the Committee Milovan Drecun told RTS.

KiM Assembly Committee Chairman Milovan Drecun said there is new evidence against Ramus Haradinaj for crimes he has not been tried for, reports Serbian media, quoting daily Politika. Drecun said this to Belgrade based daily Politika and added that Serbian authorities had found a way to speak with the Hague prosecutor, even though it was part of ''the unrecognized Kosovo judiciary''. "We have put in place a mechanism to avoid any interpretation of recognizing self-proclaimed Kosovo through cooperation with the prosecution," Drecun said. "There are current witnesses and facts that cannot be d

Chairman of the Serbian National Assembly Committee for Kosovo and Metohija, Milovan Drecun told RTS in order to continue the Belgrade-Pristina dialogue it is necessary to revoke the tariffs and stronger engagement of the international community. RTS recalled that EU Enlargement and Neighborly Policy Commissioner Johannes Hahn said earlier resolution of the Kosovo issue is a priority for the international community and it is crucial for the development of an entire region.

Serbian National Assembly Committee for Kosovo and Metohija Chairman Milovan Drecun told RTS that the latest arrest of two Serbs in Kosovo, school principals, is part of a well-planned and coordinated campaign of Tirana and Pristina, adding such cases of illegal arrests would continue. Drecun also said he is not surprised “since it is one of the ways, used for many years, to pressure the Serbs to leave Kosovo and Metohija and those who were expelled not to come back”. According to him Pristina wants to exercise pressure on Belgrade by using unilateral acts that make the survival of the Serbi

Serbian National Assembly Committee for Kosovo and Metohija Chairperson Milovan Drecun commenting on the Albanian President Ilir Meta statement in Sarajevo “that the reality that Kosovo is independent state should be accepted,” said formation of a joint state is taking place, Vecernje Novosti reported. According to Drecun, Meta showed in Sarajevo during the South-East European Cooperation Process (SEECP) Summit how joint foreign policy of Pristina and Tirana looks like. The absence of Pristina in SEECP Summit is confirmation that Pristina is not interested in international cooperation and th

Ban on Serbian officials to enter Kosovo is yet another in a series of unilateral acts by which Pristina wishes to escalate the crisis created by imposing 100 percent tariffs on Serbian goods, Chairman of the Serbian Assembly Committee for Kosovo and Metohija Milovan Drecun told RTS. He added such acts would unfortunately continue. According to Drecun the aim of such acts is to provoke conflict with Serbian people or Serbian state and to use it as justification for unification of Kosovo and Albania.