The Language Commissioner in the office of Kosovo's Prime Minister, Slavisa Mladenovic warns that the law on the Use of Languages and services in Kosovo is not being fully implemented and that there is only one Serbian translator in the Kosovo institutions.
MP of the Serbian List in the Kosovo Assembly and Chairman of the Progressive Democratic Party Nenad Rasic says the 17 and 18 March 2004 were the most terrible days for the Serbs in Kosovo. "With 4,000 Serbs expelled, over 800 houses demolished, 45 religious buildings burned, including the Church of Bogorodica Ljeviska in Prizren, and another 100 churches destroyed in just two days of violence, it can be said that these were among the most brutal of crimes" said Rasic.
Vice President of the Student Parliament of Pristina University, temporary relocated to the Mitrovica North, Jovan Aleksic said that this institution has a national significance which is not sufficiently recognized and exploited. Aleksic said that without the university Mitrovica would be more of an urban enclave in Kosovo, doomed to disappear. "We should be aware that more than 10,000 students study at Pristina University, which means more than 10,000 future teachers, doctors, engineers, linguists, etc.
Director of the Serbian Government Office for Kosovo Marko Djuric said that the Serbian parliamentary elections will be held on the territory of Kosovo and Metohija, adding that the Serbian progressive Party (SNS) will win in the elections. After the first pre-election rally of the coalition "Serbia is winning - Aleksandar Vučić," he emphasized that all Serbian citizens, including those in Kosovo and Metohija, will be able to vote. He said that SNS in Kosovo and Metohija is leading a policy of a united Serbia, which is garnering a high level of trust.
Kosovo Interior Ministry confirmed that three Islamists were arrested on suspicion that they were engaged in recruitment of new members, not because of planning attacks in Serbia.
Three members of the Islamic state were arrested on the basis of operational data, which Kosovo received from Turkey and another country.
According to information Tanjug received, there was no indication that the three arrested intended and planned attacks in Serbia, as some media have reported.
Three members of the Islamic State (F.B, I.F. and S. L.) were arrested in Kosovo on suspicion of plotting terrorist attacks in Serbia.
As reported by Alo daily, Kosovo police detained the returnees from the war zone in Syria (F. B, I.F and S. L.) and filed criminal charges against them due to their link with the Islamic state.
They were remanded in custody because of the formation of Islamic state cells in Kosovo.
Some members of Kosovo police in northern Kosovo, who requested anonymity, stated that they suspected that some of the recent actions of the Police Inspectorate of Kosovo (PIK) were aimed at destabilizing the Regional Directorate of Mitrovica North Police.
This reaction came after PIK suspended several police officers in northern Kosovo on suspicion of corruption and of having committed the crime of bribery.
President of the Serbian List Slavko Simić said that he expects acceleration of the process of establishment of the Special Court for war crimes committed by the KLA and prosecution of the persons responsible for atrocities in Kosovo and Metohija. “On Friday, at an extraordinary session of the Assembly in Pristina, we avoided a deepening of political crisis by the election of the Kosovo president. Therefore, I expect acceleration of many processes in Kosovo and thus the process of forming a Special Court for war crimes," he said.
Kosovo Minister of Communities and Returns Dalibor Jevtic held a meeting with the Head of the International Organization for Migration in Kosovo Tajma Kurt. They talked about on-going projects such as "Project of return and reintegration 4", program "Stabilization of Communities 3" and future projects and cooperation related to the economic empowerment of returns. Jevtic also met with German Ambassador in Kosovo Angelika Viets with whom he spoke about the general situation, return, but also support from Germany and the European Union.
President of the Serbian Parliamentary Committee for Kosovo Milovan Drecun said that the question arises what the Special Court, before which members of the KLA will be tried, will do about Hashim Thaci, considering the new information of his involvement in organ trafficking. Media reports that the Nigerian Medical Association accused Rochas Okorocha, a billionaire and governor of Imo State of organizing a human organ trafficking network in Nigeria in collaboration with the former Prime Minister of Kosovo.