DECANI - Director of the Serbian government’s Office for Kosovo-Metohija Marko Djuric and Visoki Decani Monastery abbot Sava Janjic Monday expressed gratitude to the KFOR commander, Italian Major General Francesco Paolo Figliuolo for sending soldiers to increase the security around the monastery after its facilities and gates had been sprayed with threatening graffiti celebrating the Islamic State and calling for the creation of a Worldwide Caliphate. After the meeting Djuric and Janjic had with Figliuolo, Djuric told reporters said that in the political sense, the authorities in Pristin

A special task force, formed as part of the EU Rule of Law Mission in Kosovo, has been investigating for 14 months now the corruption allegations concerning the EULEX top tier, reads the Belgrade-based daily Blic on Monday. According to the daily, one of the contentious cases is related to the sale of the Serb property in KiM. “The case was led by an American prosecutor who left the mission in protest, because Albanian judges who verified the documents and were involved in corruption were cleared of any responsibility and guilt thanks to EULEX's assistance,” reads Blic. “Members of the EU M

Eulex had suspended one of its staff members before media reports of alleged corruption among the mission's top officials were published, and it is a separate case, unrelated to a suspected disclosure of information, says Maja Kocijancic, spokesperson of EU High Representative for Foreign Policy and Security Policy Catherine Ashton. The person had been suspended before all this was published, and Eulex did it with full discretion, but it is a separate case and there is no direct link, Kocijancic said when asked by a reporter to explain why Eulex has suspended a person suspected of having disc

BELGRADE - Dignitaries of the main religious communities in Kosovo condemned the recent acts of vandalism in the Decani Monastery. They agreed that these despicable acts, followed also by some web attacks, were sought to undermine the inviolable principles of tolerance and reconciliation in Kosovo society. Bishop Teodosije of Prizren and Raska of the Serbian Orthodox Church (SPC), Mufti Ternava, head of the Islamic Community, and Ljus Djerdi of the Roman Catholic Church strongly condemned all the fundamentalism which is currently affecting the safety and the security of all people worldwide.

Government Office for Kosovo Director Marko Đurić and Finnish Ambassador Pekka Orpana agreed Wednesday the Belgrade-Priština dialogue "needs to continue"  It should "facilitate the normalization of relations and help improve the quality of life of the citizens in Kosovo and Metohija," the office said in a statement. Đurić spoke to the ambassador of Finland and his deputy Outi Isotalo "about the current situation in the province and Belgrade’s expectations concerning the provincial government to be formed, as well as the implementation of agreements reached within the framework of the Br