Despite of months-long protests by the local residents “Metkos Group” company from Pristina is continuing with the construction of a mini-hydro power plant at place called Obereka in Strpce municipality, KoSSev portal reported on Saturday.

Even though local residents prevented the construction on Friday, the company accompanied by the special police units from Urosevac and local police officers resumed construction only one day after.

For the third time, about a hundred of Kosovo Serbs gathered in the divided town of Mitrovica for #1in5million protests and walked to the place where their opposition leader Oliver Ivanovic was riddled with bullets on January 16, 2018, the portal KoSSev reported.

They were joined for the first time by activists of the Popular “Fatherland” Movement and members of the Alliance for Serbia (SzS) opposition group.

Maja Kocijancic, the spokesperson for Federica Mogherini, the European Union Diplomacy chief, said late on Tuesday that Serbia’s Parliament supervision and the process of drafting the laws became questionable last year due to the absence of the essential and parliamentarian debate, the independent Insajder production reported.

A protest “Against annexation of Kosovska Mitrovica” will be organized at noon tomorrow, in front of EULEX premises in Mitrovica North, Tanjug news agency reports.

Rector of Pristina University, temporarily dislocated to Mitrovica North, Rade Grbic, Student Vice-Rector, Nemanja Bisevac and director of the Clinical and Hospital Centre in Mitrovica north urged citizens from Kosovo to massively gather and in a peaceful protest, express their dissatisfaction caused by Pristina measures, including tariffs on the Serbian goods and announced plans about Mitrovica,

From the protest in the city of Kursumlija (southern Serbia) was announced that the administrative crossing of Merdare will be blocked, if the Serbian authorities fail to respond to previously submitted requests, reports portal juznevesti.com.

According to the portal, if that does not happen, next Thursday the administrative crossing with Kosovo will be blocked.

Students of Pristina University, temporarily dislocated to Mitrovica North responded to German Ambassador in Pristina, Christian Heldt saying they had no intention to insult Germany with their performance “Kosovoschwitz” but to point out the Serbs in Kosovo and Metohija find themselves in a similar situation as before the WWII, Serbian public broadcaster RTS reports.

In an open letter to Ambassador Heldt, who condemned performance and termed it as “inappropriate” and “disgusting”, students said they were surprised by his reaction.

Serbs from Kosovo continue to protest peacefully today due to Pristina’s 100 percent tax increase, reports Radio Television of Serbia (RTS).

Students of the University of Pristina (with a temporary seat in in Mitrovica north) wo hold a new performance at noon.

Student Vice-Rector Nemanja Bisevac told RTS that they plan to have the performance today.

In several Serb communities in Kosovo, one-hour protests against "police and political terror in Pristina" were held. Serbian List Vice President Igor Simic said that the Serbs sent a message that they wanted to live peacefully and dignifiedly.

Protests were held in Rudare, at the cross in the municipality of Zvecan, at the Jarinje crossing in the municipality of Leposavic, at the Brnjak crossing and in the place Zupce in the municipality of Zubin Potok.

Serbian List Deputy Chair, Dalibor Jevtic called for peace and restraint.

Speaking for RTS morning program Jevtic said the aim of the Serbs is not conflict but a stable situation.

Jevtic stressed that those who gave the order and killers of Oliver Ivanovic should be found, but it is “an interesting moment” that ROSU units have chosen to carry out the action.

Jevtic reminded that taxes on goods from central Serbia are increased by 100 percent, and that Serbs announced peaceful protest over that measure.

The Alliance for the Future of Kosovo (AAK) organized today protests in several cities of Kosovo, including Gjilan, Mitrovica, Ferizaj, Peja, Gjakova and Prizren, to demand release of their leader Ramush Haradinaj, who is detained by French authorities, based on an arrest warrant issued by Serbia.

Similar protests took place also in front of the French Embassies in Tirana and in Skopje. Last week a similar protest was held in Pristina. Media also report about a protest in Vienna.