After several postponements, construction works at the Ibar Bridge in Kosovska Mitrovica should kick off on Sunday.

The agreement reached in Brussels in August last year envisaged reconstruction of the main bridge and the main street in northern part of Mitrovica. Representatives of Kosovo Serbs say that all will be done in order that security of residents is provided.

Pristina agreed, at the last meeting in Brussels facilitated by the EU, with Belgrade’s proposal that works on revitalization of the bridge and construction of a pedestrian zone in Kosovska Mitrovica would kick off on Sunday, 14 August and end on 20 January 2017.

The chairperson of the Provisional body of Kosovska Mitrovica, Aleksandar Spirić, stated yesterday that the first safe house will be inaugurated in the course of this week in Mitrovica north.

In addition to this, he said, a foundation stone will be laid for the construction of a cold storage, and that construction of the branch of the kindergarten in suburb ‘Bosniac mahala’ will be accomplished.

A “Platform on practical politics of the Serbian community in Kosovo” was presented yesterday in Mitrovica north. This platform identifies problems in five areas that should be addressed in order to strengthen the position of Kosovo Serbs.

Kontakt plus Radio in cooperation with the NGO Center for Women’s Development, from Mitrovica North, works on the implementation of the project ‘My Stance’ aimed at increased participation of residents in northern Kosovo in the process of designing the strategic documents related to the creation and work of the Association/Community of Serb-majority municipalities in Kosovo (A/CSO).

Local councilors from the ranks of the Civic Initiative ‘Srpska’ on Monday boycotted the address of the councilor Ksenija Božović, from the ranks of the Civic Initiative SDP, and left the regular session of the local assembly of Mitrovica North.

The biggest problem of young people in northern Kosovo is unemployment, whereas 80 per cent of young people 15 to 30 years old wish to leave this part of Kosovo, according to the results of a survey conducted by the Youth Educational Club ‘Sinergy’ from Mitrovica North.

Other problems, beside the unemployment, listed by the young in northern Kosovo are domestic violence, poor educational system, poverty and criminal rate among the young people.

Local councilors of Mitrovica North Municipality decided, at the extraordinary assembly session, to erect a monument to Duke Lazar Hrebeljanović in Mitrovica North, after what Kosovo Albanian and Kosovo Bosniak councilors left the session, expressing their dissatisfaction that the topic of Duke Lazar was discussed at all.

Graduates of the Pristina University with the seat in Mitrovica North can submit their documentation for verification of diplomas in the municipal administration building in Gračanica.

Students who graduated at this University after 2001 are eligible to apply for verification of diplomas, whereas Kosovo government’s Commission for Verification of Diplomas will decided about the certification.

Local self-governments will support the work of Regional Kosovo Police North with the goal of maintaining the peace and order, communicated the Office of the Mayor of Mitrovica North following yesterday’s meeting attended by the Mayor of Mitrovica North Goran Rakić, regional head of Kosovo Police operations Željko Bojić, Deputy Minister of the Interior Milan Radojević and Deputy Mayor of Zvečan/Zveçan Municipality Ivan Todosijević.