More than a hundred people gathered today in front of the monastery Gracanica, which is on the UNESCO list of world cultural heritage, in order to send a message that they do not agree with the request of Kosovo for UNESCO membership. With the photographs of the burned churches and monasteries citizens wrote a message "No Kosovo in UNESCO." At the protest which symbolically started at 12 hours and 44 minutes, the citizens lit 175 candles for 175 destroyed and burned shrines in Kosovo.

Representatives of Chambers of Commerce of Kosovo and Serbia are expected to meet on Saturday in Gracanica, Koha reports. More than 70 entrepreneurs and companies will be present at the meeting. They will discuss different possibilities to improve the cooperation. The president of the Kosovo Chamber of Commerce, Safet Gerxhaliu, and his Serb counterpart Marko Cadez are expected to address the attendees.

The container settlement in Gracanica is for six days without electricity. Unpaid bills are the reason, said KEDS. The residents, mostly displaced and socially vulnerable people, said that they have no money to pay the outstanding debt.

In this settlement currently live fifteen families which have no electricity since last Thursday.

The power distribution company said that the reason for the exclusion was big debt.

GRACANICA - Kosovo Deputy Prime Minister Branimir Stojanovic warned on Tuesday that the latest proceedings in Kosovo can jeopardise the survival of Serbs and added that the only solution lies in the constitution of the Community of Serb municipalities.

During a conference in Gracanica, Stojanovic talked about burning issues of the Sebs in Kosovo among which he has cited and dysfunctionality of the judiciary system in Kosovo. 

He underscored that not enough Serbs are deployed on key positions in the police and judiciary, especially the Prosecutor's Office.

Roma educational center in Gracanica, which eleven years prepares Roma children for further education, is threatened by the closure. The municipality would try to provide funding for the further activities.

Ambassador of Norway, Jan Bratu visited the Municipality of Gracanica and with the Mayor Vladeta Kostic spoke about current issues and projects for employment.

After the meeting, Bratu said that Mayor informed him about the development plans of the local government. Bratu promised assistance of the Embassy of Norway in Pristina for the Ecological and Energy efficiency project.

The Director of the Office for Kosovo and Metohija, Marko Djuric will participate today in Gracanica at the round table "Decentralization and Serbian communities in Kosovo and Metohija", which will be dedicated to the implementation of the Brussels Treaty and establishing of the Community/Association of Serbian municipalities.

Gracanica Mayor, Vladeta Kostic said today that the Municipality of Gracanica is very familiar with the constitutional and legal regulations and that reminder of the Youth of the Democratic Party of Kosovo, who have visited the municipality of Gracanica and handed the flag and the Constitution of Kosovo, is unnecessary.

In a statement to the media, Kostic said that the municipality of Gracanica uses and displays symbols of the community in accordance with law and international standards.

Mayor of Gracanica Vladeta Kostic denied the information published in B92.net, stating that official of Gracanica Municipality is arrested. 

Newly elected president of Gracanica Municipality Vladeta Kostic will take over his duties on Thursday, 29 January. The President of the Gracanica Municipal Assembly, Brankica Kostic, has scheduled the inaugural meeting of the Municipal Assembly of Gracanica, at which Vladeta Kostic will be inaugurated. Vladeta Kostic was elected as president of Gracanica in the first round of extraordinary elections held on 18 January, winning 64.83% of the votes.