Deputy Prime Minister of Kosovo from the Serbian List, Branimir Stojanovic, was present at the organized protest in support of the leader of Citizens’ Initive SDP, Oliver Ivanovic and the other defendant, Dragolub Delibashic. Stojanovic even held a speech in front of the protesters, saying that they would never leave Oliver Ivanovic alone. “Oliver and any other Serb will not be alone at this point. Never ever,” said Stojanovic. The protest, where 600 people were allegedly present, started at 10:00 and concluded thirty minutes later.

Head of the Office for Kosovo at the Government of Serbia, has ignored Kosovo authorities, entering the territory of Kosovo, despite the rejection of the permission. Djuric is staying today in northern part of Mitrovica, and according to the sequences of the news agency Tanjug, he visited this morning the headquarter of the Citizens’ Initiative “Freedom, Democracy, Justice,” headed by Oliver Ivanovic.

The leader of the Civic Initiative SDP Oliver Ivanović has entered the eighth day of hunger strike in detention in North Mitrovica requesting to be released pending trial.

Ivanović decided to go on hunger strike following EULEX court panel’s decision of the Basic Court in Mitrovica to extend his detention for another two months, until 6 October.

Removing the Peace Park from the main Mitrovica Bridge now depends exclusively on the establishment of the Community/Association of Serbian Municipalities, as reported yesterday by Zeri, saying that this was the position of Serbian officials, as well as that the question of solving the Peace Park currently was blocked. The newspapers also reported that it will be a part of a package of agreements on four points.

Several hundred citizens gathered in Mitrovica on Monday demanding Oliver Ivanovic, the Head of the Citizens Initiative Freedom, Democracy, Justice (SDP), to be released pending trial immediately.

The half an hour-long protest was held in front of the building of the Basic Court in Mitrovica where the regional central office of EULEX is located as well. The protestors hung a sign on the court's gate reading "EULEX's court a dungeon".

The deputy director of the Serbian Government’s Office for Kosovo and Metohija Dusan Kozarev has refuted yesterday’s statement of the Kosovo minister Edita Tahiri that the Peace Park over Ibar River in Mitrovica will be removed on 1 October, and added that such statements are irresponsible and counterproductive.

Project manager of the NGO Center for Representation of Democratic Culture Milena Jevtić today said that a poll that was carried out in northern Kosovo has shown that corruption is one of the biggest problems of the society.

Kosovo’s minister without portfolio and head of Pristina negotiating team, Edita Tahiri, announced that the barricade on the River Iber bridge will be removed by 1 October and the first stage of pedestrian movement will begin at that time. According to Tahiri, the other part of the agreement to enable car traffic through the bridge will be implemented at a later stage. She said this was the proposal of the EU and added that the Kosovo side has agreed to it.

Kosovo side is still silent with regard to Serbia’s request for registration of the electricity supply company ‘Elektrodistribucija’ North – Zubin Potok.

Serbian side will need time and patience in order to reach agreement over energy issues in Kosovo and Metohija. Negotiators in this area are most distant from reaching any agreement, Belgrade-based daily Politka learned in the Serbian Government’s Office for Kosovo and Metohija.

Delegation of the Students’ Parliament of University in North Mitrovica that was transporting humanitarian aid in equipment from Serbia proper to North Mitrovica Hospital Maternity Department, has been stopped again at integrated crossing Jarinje. The same shipment was also blocked from entering Kosovo on 10 June due to alleged lack of a license issued by Kosovo institutions.

Representatives of the Students’ Parliament were told that they are again missing an accompanying paperwork for the shipment.