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EULEX stays in Kosovo (Politika)

Regardless of the fact that the agreement between Pristina authorities and the European Union on the extension of EULEX mission was not reached, the mandate of the mission, which will expire on 14 June, will be extended. “The practice from the previous years was that mandate of the mission is extended by the President’s letter. I think that will happen also this year.  Kosovo president will send the letter, according to which will be accepted the extension of the mission’s mandate for two more years,” said political analyst Dušan Janjić.

Serbs who fled in 1999 were deported to Kosovo (Politika)  

During the last month, 423 citizens who didn’t have a right to asylum in Germany were deported to Serbia. The number of the people encompassed by the agreement on readmission is not increased as compared to the recent years, said Ivan Gerginov, Serbian Deputy Commissioner for refugees and migration. Though Germany announced deportation of the tens of thousands Serbian citizens from Kosovo, i.e. Albanians who massively fled from Kosovo to Western European countries in 2015, this didn’t happen. “Germany is sending Albanians directly to Pristina.

"Serbia must recognize Kosovo to join EU" - EP official (B92, Tanjug, Politika, Danas)

Ulrike Lunacek has said that she is "not an enemy of Serbia" and that she is "certain Serbia will not join the EU without recognizing Kosovo."

Speaking in Belgrade on Thursday, the European Parliament (EP) vice-president and rapporteur for Kosovo added this was true "not because she claims it, but because of the experience that the EU has with Cyprus."

Djuric: Agreements on ID cards, trucks, elections (Tanjug, Alo, Blic, KIM radio, Politika)

Director of the Serbian Government Office for Kosovo and Metohija, Marko Djuric said early on Wednesday that, after more than 18 hours of talks with the representatives of Pristina, agreements had been reached on ID cards, the crossing of trucks, visits of the Serbian officials to Kosovo and the elections.

PM Vucic to visit Kosovo on April 3 (B92, Politika, Tanjug, Blic)

Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic will visit Kosovo on Sunday, April 3.

Head of the Government Office for Kosovo and Metohija, Marko Djuric made the announcement on Wednesday.

"This is big and important news for all citizens, particularly for those in Kosovo and Metohija. The prime minister will visit Kosovo and Metohija on Sunday, April 3, to meet with Trepca miners and visit Zubin Potok and Kosovska Mitrovica," Djuric told state broadcaster RTS.

Tomanovic: Families of missing Serbs are bitter (Blic, Politika)

President of the Association of Kidnapped and Missing Persons in Kosovo and Metohija, Verica Tomanovic says that families are aware that the fate of their loved ones cannot be disclosed without the participation of EULEX and the Albanian institutions. She says that due to the passivity of EULEX and Albanian institutions there has been no progress in the search process over the past eleven years.

Tension in Kosovo after election of Thaci as President of Kosovo (KIM radio, B92, Politika)

The political situation in Kosovo after the election of Hashim Thaci as President has been rather tense. The Kosovo opposition, unsatisfied with Thaci's election, but also with the agreement on the establishment of the Community/Association of Serb municipalities (ZSO), announced a new demonstration.

Mayor of Leposavic/Leposaviq: Kosovo police harassed me for two hours (TV Most, Politika)

Mayor of Leposavic/Leposaviq Dragan Jablanovic was harassed for two hours by a member of the Kosovo police at the Končulj crossing line, when he was crossing from Kosovo to Serbia.

It happened, Jablanovic says, on his way to an official trip to Belgrade from Pristina. A police lieutenant refused to accept the travel order "because it was without a seal."

Have Serbs started to like KFOR (Politika)

In 1999, Božidar Šarković from Klina expected the worst of the NATO soldiers who following the signing of the Kumanovo Agreement marched into Kosovo and Metohija. KFOR soldiers didn’t move a finger when Albanians killed Serbs and burned their houses, he said. Šarković, who returned to Metohija in 2009, still has reservations about the KFOR, but he admits that the military mission is important for the survival of Serbs in Kosovo, because it protects not only houses, but also churches and monasteries.