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Residents of North Mitrovica believe that the tariffs will be abolished (RTK2)

RTK2 reported on Saturday that the decision on tariffs imposed by the Government of Kosovo on products from Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina in November last year was still in force.

In the meantime, many international officials have called on authorities in Pristina to revoke this decision, and recently Head of the EU Office in Kosovo, Nataliya Apostolova, pointed out that Pristina has violated CEFTA and SAA agreements by a decision on tariffs, wrote RTK2.

Apostolova: "The best solution for continuing dialogue is to abolish the tax" (RTS, RTK2)

Kosovo's progress report confirms its European perspective, but it also shows that there are no shortcuts on the way to the EU, said Nataliya Apostolova, Head of the EU office in Kosovo, adding a glass is half full, and that the continuation of the reforms requires a strong political will of the Assembly and Government.

Twenty years since the arrival of NATO, Pristina almost without Serbs (RTK2, Kontakt plus radio)

There was almost no return of Serbs to Pristina in the last 20 years, who mostly sold their apartments and houses, reports RTK2.

Prior to the conflict in 1999, about 40,000 Serbs lived in the city, who left the city after the signing of the Kumanovo Agreement, which had stopped the NATO bombing of Serbia and agreed the withdrawal of the Serbian army from Kosovo, creating conditions for the return of almost a million Kosovo Albanians who were expelled from Kosovo by force, manly to North Macedonia and Albania, writes RTK2.

UNS and UNS in Kosovo: Revoke the Draft Law on Kosovo public service (Serbian media in Kosovo)

The Association of Journalists of Serbia (UNS) and the UNS in Kosovo are demanding that the Draft Law on Kosovo Public Service be withdrawn from the procedure, as it foresees the abolition of guaranteed funding for the Second Channel of Radio Television of Kosovo (RTK2 - the Serbian language channel), reported Serbian media in Kosovo.

A deputy minister’s vehicle torched in Zubin Potok (KoSSev, Kontakt plus radio, RTK2, KIM radio)

A vehicle belonging to the Deputy Minister of Labor and Social Welfare in the Kosovo government and member of the Serbian lIst, Milos Perovic was torched early this morning in the center of Zubin Potok.

Kosovo Police spokesperson for the Region North lieutenant Branislav Radovic told KoSSev that the vehicle was set on fire early in the morning at 02:42h in the center of Zubin Potok.

He added that it is a black Volkswagen Passat vehicle with Kragujevac license plates.

Veseli: Serbia will be responsible for all victims (B92, RTK2)

Belgrade based portal B92 reports, quoting Radio Television of Kosovo in Serbian language (RTK2), that the president of the Kosovo Assembly, Kadri Veseli claimed that on Monday formally started formation of an international tribunal for crimes committed by Serbia in Kosovo.

The portal reports that Veseli at the same time threatened with arrest of "cowards that are now free in Serbia".

Djukanovic: An important moment for Serbia-Kosovo relations (RTK2, Tanjug, CdM)

A Balkan summit in Berlin contributed to settling the ongoing conflict between Belgrade and Prishtina and this was the perfect moment for resolving the complicated relations between the two countries, said the President of Montenegro, Milo Djukanovic, following the Western Balkans Summit.

It was agreed that the dialogue would continue to be backed by the European Union (EU) and that France and Germany should intervene directly, reported RTK2, quoting the Montenegrin portal CdM.

Prime Minister of Croatia Plenkovic: Belgrade and Pristina positions are quite distant (RTK2, Hina)

Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic says that key messages from the Berlin meeting yesterday focused on an attempt to unblock the stalemate in the Belgrade-Pristina dialogue, reports RTK2 quoting Croatian news agency Hina.

He added that the views of Belgrade and Pristina are quite distant

Hodzic: I am ready to cooperate with all mayors (RTK2)

The newly appointed Minister of Local Government, Adrijana Hodzic states that she is ready to cooperate with all the mayors of 38 municipalities in Kosovo, regardless of which community or political party they belong to.

Hodzic told RTK2, the Bosnian language program, that the appointment was related exclusively to her expertise on local government, and that the ministry's task was to support all local governments at the level of Kosovo.

The new Criminal Code provides for a life sentence for paedophilia (RTK2, KTV)

More than 100 minors, under the age of 16, have been sexually harassed in Kosovo over the past two years, reports RTK2, citing KTV.

Sexual intercourse with a person under the age of 16 is punishable by the Criminal Code, but it does not explicitly mention the term "paedophilia".

Ismet Salihu, professor of criminal law, who is part of the Working Group working on amendments to the Kosovo Criminal Code, explains why paedophilia is not precisely defined as a criminal offense.