KFOR Commander Giovanni Fungo, was asked in a written interview of the paper, to comment the war-inducing comments of the Serbian President Tomislav Nikolić, who threatened to send the army to Kosovo. Fungo said that the force that he commands, is the only army that can act in Kosovo. He added that this was also decided by the Kumanovo agreement, signed between NATO and Serbia in 1999. He also stressed that during the tensions of the last weekend, KFOR was in the state of alert.

I expect the international community to react due to the inappropriate way of organizing the opening of the bridge on the Bistrica River, and if this does not happen, I will send a letter tomorrow to the EU envoy, as people in the north of Kosovo are disturbed and the tensions are high, Mayor of Mitrovica North Goran Rakić told daily Večernje Novosti.

The mayors from northern Kosovo decided to terminate the communication and co-operation with KFOR until further notice, for organizing the visit of Prime Minister of Kosovo, Isa Mustafa and the ministers of Internal Affairs of Kosovo, Hyseni and security forces Haki Demolli on the occasion of the opening of the bridge over the Bistrica River near Leposavić/Leposaviq.

Councilor of the Municipality of North Mitrovica Igor Simić believes that this is the correct decision and the only possible one at the moment.

Prime Minister Aleksandar Vučić thanked members of KFOR on Wednesday, who have transported a baby by helicopter to a hospital in Belgrade and thus saved the life of a Serbian boy from Laplje Selo.

At a joint press conference with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Vučić thanked him and said that it was a big thing for Serbia and yet another signal of greater  understanding between Serbia and NATO.

Prime Minister of Kosovo, Isa Mustafa, said today at the NATO Parliamentary Assembly Rose-Roth seminar taking place in Pristina that the Association/Community of Serb-majority municipalities will be established. “We've had violent protests but have managed to overcome them. The Association will be established and with regards to demarcation, the government is convinced we have preserved the territory of Kosovo and have not lost an inch of land despite opposition’s claims,” Mustafa said.

United Kingdom next year will send 30 more soldiers to Kosovo, said today the British defence minister Michael Fallon.

- There are significant challenges to security and stability in the Western Balkans - said Fallon.

British soldiers will join the NATO forces in Kosovo early next year, in a period of 12 months.

Serbian Armed Forces Chief of General Staff Gen Ljubisa Dikovic Monday urged KFOR to take all measures to maintain peace and security for the citizens of Kosovo-Metohija, pointing to a "fragile" security situation in the province after the decision of the Kosovo authorities on Trepca.

The Serbian Armed Forces Chief of General Staff, General Ljubiša Diković, met in Niš on Tuesday with the KFOR Commander, Major General Guglielmo Luigi Miglietta, who will soon leave the position.

Diković and Miglietta discussed the current security situation in Kosovo and Metohija and along the administrative line with Serbia's southern province, as well as the cooperation between the Serbian Armed Forces and KFOR, the Ministry of Defence said in a statement.

The chairperson of the Serbian List, Slavko Simić, paid a visit to Sutomore and Podgorica in Montenegro where he met representatives and activists of the Alliance of the Association of Displaced Persons in Montenegro about problems faced by displaced population in Montenegro.

Serbian Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic held a meeting with Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Ivanna Klympush-Tsintsadze in Belgrade on Thursday at which they noted a mutual commitment to territorial integrity as the basic principle of peaceful development of international relations.

Dacic thanked Ukraine for its active participation in Kfor, whose troops, with sincere support from the local Serb population, protect Serbian holy sites in Kosovo-Metohija.