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Crime and freedom of movement are the biggest security problems in Kosovo (Kontakt plus radio, KoSSev, KIM radio)

The biggest security problem for the Serb community in the North of Kosovo is crime and for the Serbs South of Ibar freedom of movement - says the research within the project "Did the Brussels Agreement Forgotten Citizens" conducted by NGO "Crno Beli Svet" (Black and White World) and TV Mir based in Leposavic.

Vesna Mikic: Democracy in Kosovo is just an illusion (RTV Puls, KIM radio)

Kosovo Prime Minister Ramush Haradinaj dismissed Vesna Mikic yesterday from the post of the Deputy Minister of Justice, whereby he stated that there is "no room for individuals, regardless of their ethnicity in the Kosovo government and Kosovo institutions that can undermine a common Euro-Atlantic values," reports KIM radio.

Mikic responded, regarding her dismissal, that democracy in Kosovo was just an illusion.

Dacic: Socialists will never betray Serbs in Kosovo (Blic, RTS, Kontakt plus radio, KIM radio)

President of the Socialist Party of Serbia (SPS), Ivica Dacic received representatives of SPS Municipal and District Committees from Kosovo on 15th anniversary of the Serbian pogrom occurred on 17 March 2014, Serbian media reported.

The discussion focused on issues of relevance for their survival in Kosovo, as well about the functioning of local self-government, health care and education.

Tanin: Women are the most important part of society (KIM radio)

On the eve of the 20th anniversary of the adoption of the UN Security Council Resolution 1325 on Women, Peace and Security, representatives of international missions in Kosovo held a public tribune today on "improving the agenda for women, peace and security in Kosovo,'' reports KIM radio.

"Women are the most important part of society in Kosovo, as well as in the Western Balkans. Their voices must be heard, their role must be respected," said UNMIK chief Zahir Tanin at the conference.

Stefanovic: A doubt alone is the reason to exclude a judge of the Special Court (KIM radio, RTS)

Serbian Interior Minister Nebojsa Stefanovic told reporters in Belgrade that only on a ground of doubt that Vladimir Mikula, who is on the list of judges of the Special Court for KLA crimes, had dinner with lawyer Arianit Koci, who defends former KLA members Rrustem Mustafa and Sami Lushtaku, must lead to his exemption.

Mustafa and Lushtaku were summoned to a hearing at the Special Prosecutor's Office in The Hague.

Hale for Danas: The US will not provide a recipe for resolving the Kosovo issue (Danas, B92, Beta, Blic, KIM radio, Dnevnik)

US Under Secretary of State David Hale says that "there is a chance that a comprehensive solution will be achieved this year, but only if the dialogue is resumed first".

He also pointed out that this solution must contribute to long-term stability in the region.

Velika Hoca : Memorial to Serb victims desecrated (B92, RTS, Tanjug, TV Most, KIM radio)

A memorial raised to honor the Serbs kidnapped and murdered in the Orahovac municipality was desecrated. The cross installed on it was smashed.

Serbian public broadcaster RTS is reporting on Thursday that the incident happened in Velika Hoca.

As reported, a flagpole with the flag of the Republic of Serbia has also been removed from the site.

The case has been reported to the police, and the team was sent to the field.

Abbot Sava Janjic warns of possible Serbs' migration from Kosovo caused by the idea of demarcation (TV Hram, RFE, KIM radio)

Abbot of the Visoki Decani monastery Sava Janjic told the Serbian Orthodox Church (SPC) TV Hram that due to some political solutions mentioned, it may happen that the Serbian people disappear from Kosovo, citing the idea of demarcation.

"Today we are facing a particularly great temptation, because with certain solutions that are sought on a political plan, it can happen that our people completely leave this region, or more than ever before in history," said Abbot Sava.

Members of ROSU detained and released members of the Mountain Rescue Service in Kosovo (Blic, Tanjug, KIM radio)

The Mountain Rescue Service of Serbia confirmed to news agency Tanjug that the instructors of that service were detained on Sunday evening in Kosovo.

Tanjug was told earlier by the Office for Kosovo and Metohija that eight members of the Mountain Rescue Service (GSS) were detained while returning from Brezovica, after they conducted a three-day training on rescue from the avalanche in the municipality of Strpce on the Sara mountain.

Kosovo is US aircraft carrier on ground, says German politician (B92, Tanjug, Vecernje Novosti, Dnevnik, TV Most, KIM radio)

German politician Willy Wimmer says Kosovo as a state has been planned since the late 1980s - and its only purpose is to be the "US aircraft carrier on the ground".

In an interview for Belgrade based daily Vecernje Novosti, which recalled that Wimmer said back in 2000 that Kosovo was "America's need to dominate the Balkans" - he pointed out that since the aggressive war against the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro) in 1999, NATO, led by the United States, did not stop its conflicts.