The Serb Orthodox Church representative, abbot Sava Janjic, claimed that the Orthodox Church building at the University of Pristina campus was twice confirmed to be under the ownership of the Serb Orthodox Church by UNMIK in 2003 and 2012. Janjic claimed to have in possession a certificate issued by the Kosovo cadastral agency showing that property in question belongs to the Serb Orthodox Church and that the construction permit was given in 1990 by Hamdi Vraniqi, father to one of the officials from the party that most vehemently opposes the church in Pristina.

The Equal Rights for All Coalition, funded by the EU and managed by the European Union Office in Kosovo, yesterday presented the report on “potentially ethnically motivated incidents: challenges in defining and reporting.” The report analyses reporting procedures applied by the police, with a particular focus on potentially ethnically motivated incidents, from the initial investigation and reporting phase to data sharing and harmonization with the judiciary.

Mitrovica Municipality staff led by Mayor Agim Bahtiri held a protest today calling for the immediate release of the Kosovo Police director for Mitrovica region, Nehat Thaçi, arrested last week by Serbian authorities on charges of terrorism. Bahtiri called on the government of Kosovo to suspend dialogue with Serbia until Thaçi is released from detention. “Today this is only a protest of the municipality staff but if he [Thaçi] is not released it will turn into a powerful protest”, warned Bahtiri.

The leader of the Vetëvendosje movement, Visar Ymeri, requested at today’s session of the Kosovo Assembly voting of a resolution, through which Kosovo could apply for “355” telephone prefix. Ymeri called on the MPs to vote the proposed resolution, being that, according to him, this would help development of the telecommunication trade and approximation with Albania.

Flora Brovina, Kosovo Assembly MP from the Democratic Party of Kosovo has requested re-actualization of the collection of signatures on drafting the resolution for Serbia’s genocide in Kosovo. Brovina added that endorsement of this resolution is very important for Kosovo.

Most news websites report that Nehat Thaci, the Kosovo Police director for the Mitrovica region, was arrested on Wednesday evening at the Koncul border crossing point between Kosovo and Serbia. Kosovo Police have confirmed the arrest. Koha carries a press release issued by the Serbian Ministry of Interior Affairs on the matter. "Members of the Ministry of Interior Affairs have arrested N. Th. (1976) from Ferizaj based on an arrest warrant issued by the High Court of Nis on terrorism charges. N. Th.

President of Kosovo, Hashim Thaçi, said today at the opening of a training centre at the Kosovo Security Force (KSF) barracks that the force is gradually growing in the direction of maintaining operational capacities. “KSF is Kosovo’s future army”, said Thaçi without giving a timeline of when the transformation process will start. “KSF is a good indicator of our state and society’s character by integrating members of all communities”, Thaçi said further.

Kosovo Police announced today that a hand grenade was found near the offices of the Kosovo Pension Administration in Pristina. Media report that Kosovo Police Demining Unit has removed the grenade and now are searching whether there are any other explosive devices in the area. The Pension Administration employees were evacuated from their offices.

Kosovo Assembly President, Kadri Veseli, met today the US Ambassador to Kosovo, Greg Delawie, and discussed the current political developments and the work of the Assembly. The two officials also spoke about the need of government reshuffling which, they agreed, should follow consultations between the ruling coalition partners. Veseli stressed that the government reform should focus on the economic perspective.

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.