Since Tuesday, 18 June, when a landfill between Zvecan and Zitkovac began to burn, reports TV most.

Residents of Zvecan and surroundings, and Mitrovica feel the smell of smoke, lampblack and soot, which does not stop due to the huge surface burning, and after heavy rainfall, smoke spreads especially with the wind.

In northern Mitrovica, Zvecan, Zubin Potok and Leposavic, sessions were held yesterday where the elected mayors of these municipalities officially started their mandate after winning the 19 May elections.

Oaths were laid by mayors Goran Rakic, Vucina Jankovic, Srdjan Vulovic and Zoran Todic.

Serbian Government Office for Kosovo and Metohija Director, Marko Djuric would visit the north of Kosovo today and meet with Serb political representatives, Radio kontakt plus reports.

According to Radio kontakt plus, the meeting with Serb political representatives would take place in Zvecan, at 17:00 hrs.

In a live broadcast, Radio Television Serbia reports on the announcements of blockades in the town of Rudare in the municipality of Zvecan, closure of the administrative crossing of Jarinje in the municipality of Leposavic, and that the leadership of the municipality of Zubin Potok made a decision on closing all shops from 12 to 13 hours, and to block the Brnjak crossing, as well as the main road in the village of Zupce.

Kosovo MP from Srpska Lista, Igor Simic told RTS that all Serb political representatives would meet today in Zvecan with Management Team for drafting the ZSO Statute.

Simic said he shares opinion of the Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic that Pristina would not make steps necessary to establish the ZSO in the next three and a half months, adding it has been proven so far there is no sincere will in Pristina to establish the ZSO as it was agreed in Brussels.

The Trepca mining and metallurgical complex in Kosovo is this Thursday marking its 90th anniversary.

And the head of state, Aleksandar Vucic, said that Serbia would fight for that company "uncompromisingly."

“Infrastructure, resolving the issues of regional water supply system and landfill, arrangement of the neighbourhood and the Monastery of Banjska, as well as employment opportunities for young population are some of our priorities, stated Dragisa Milovic, candidate for a mayor in Zvecan municipality, KIM Radio reported.

Milovic, who is the leader of a Civic Initiative For Our Zvecan, was two-time president of this municipality.

Representatives of the CI SDP and “Together for Zvečan” and candidates for mayors and North Mitrovica and Zvečan, Oliver Ivanović and Dragiša Milović announced that they filed complaints against unknown perpetrators for the pressures on candidates for councillors who withdrew their candidacies from these two lists, reports Kontakt plus radio.

The complaints have been filed with the Serbian prosecutor, the radio reports.

Daily Politika quotes today Deputy Prime Minister in the Kosovo Government Branimir Stojanović saying that currently there are no operational data which show that safety is jeopardized, but he also says that there was no indication of the pogrom that took place on 17 March 2004.

Several hundred workers of Trepča blocked the main road Mitrovica - Raška in Rudare about 14 hours because they were unhappy with the decision to include the adoption of the law on Trepča as per expedited procedure in the agenda of the session of the Assembly of Kosovo on Friday.