Representatives of the Student’s parliament in North Mitrovica and those of the NGO organization ‘Serbs for Serbs’ were prevented last night from delivering humanitarian aid to the Hospital in North Mitrovica at the administrative crossing Jarinje since a transportation vehicle didn’t have a license issued by Kosovo authorities. Following a four-hours lasting efforts to cross the administrative line, students and NGO representatives have only managed to ‘save’ the shipment from confiscation by Kosovo customs and transport the humanitarian aid back to Serbia pro

Mayors of North and South Mitrovica, Goran Rakic and Agim Bahtiri, accompanied by the head of the Administrative Office in North Mitrovica, Adrijana Hodzic,, yesterday discussed the overall situation in Mitrovica and continuation of cooperation on matters of mutual interest for all citizens of Mitrovica. Topics addressed by two mayors had to do with development plans, integration and creation of conditions for return of all displaced persons to their homes and organization of a joint fund raising conference with donors, where joint projects would be presented,

Mitrovica mayor, Agim Bahtiri met with the mayor of Mitrovica North municipality, Goran Rakic and head of the Administrative Office in the north, Adriana Hodzic.

 During this meeting which lasted almost three hours, they discussed the general situation in both parts of the city, assessing that the current security situation is calm and with tendency to relax further. They also discussed continuance of the cooperation on the issues of joint interests for Mitrovica people.

Around 9,000 persons are unemployed in North Mitrovica, whereas most needed ones are those who finished pharmacists and radiologists.

Most of the 8.646 unemployed are with the secondary education, 56 per cent of them. The head of the Department for Employment and Carrier Planning Mihajlo Petković stated that the most needed profile is of those who finished pharmaceutics, who are most look for by employers, and  radiologists.

Agreement on distribution of medicines produced in Serbia proper was presented today in North Mitrovica. “This is important for all citizens of Kosovo, pharmacies, entrepreneurs, producers of medicines and wholesale medicines providers in Serbia proper in the light of recently signaled measures of support for investments and business in Kosovo and Metohija,” said Belgrade’s Liaison Officer with Pristina and Deputy Director of the Serbian Government’s Office for Kosovo and Metohija, Dejan Pavicevic. New procedures for distribution of medicines from Serbia prope

Civic Initiative SDP Olvier Ivanovic communicated that the Court of Appeal in Pristina has once more defeated law and justice with its latest decision not to allow CE SDP leader Oliver  Ivanovic to be released pending the court decision and to re-instate detention to Aleksandar Lazovic and Nebojsa Vujacic,. CI SDP further communicated that obvious intention of the court, at the moment when sentences were rendered to Drenica group, and when creation of the special court for Kosovo Liberation Army crimes is postponed, is to mitigate dissatisfaction amongst A

Three armed Albanian teenagers were arrested yesterday after 6 PM, following the incident between them and a group of Serb youngsters in North Mitrovica. A gun, two knives, protection mask, scarf and flag of the so called greater Albanian were found in their possession. Kosovo Police communicated that that bigger incident was prevented by the police patrol that was in vicinity of a place where two groups clashed.

Kosovo-based media in the Albanian language report that official Pristina and international community are hiding the fact that signing of the agreement on creation of the integrated Albanian-Serbian judiciary in Kosovo was futile work and that joint courts and prosecutors office will not take place in the near future.

Agreement on judiciary was signed on 10 February in Brussels by prime ministers of Serbia and Kosovo, Aleksandar Vucic and Isa Mustafa. Integrated judiciary is due to become operational as of 1 September.

Only one application has been submitted so far for the prosecutors’ post in North Mitrovica following the vacancy published in accordance with the agreement on judiciary.