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New arrests of migrants at Serbia-Hungary border (IRS)

The number of illegal crossings at Serbia-Hungary border, as well as the number of persons from Kosovo and Metohija illegally trying to reach the Schengen zone, increased slightly this Saturday, but, according to the Hungarian police, it is still several times lower compared to last weekend. In the last 24 hours, the Hungarian police arrested 550 persons illegally crossing the border, which is 75 more than on Friday. The charges were filed against three persons for human trafficking, and against another three for forgery.

Thousands flee economic despair in Kosovo for EU countries, welcome or not (LA Times)

Sixteen years after the war in Kosovo sent hundreds of thousands of refugees streaming across the border, another exodus is underway here. Instead of fleeing conflict, Kosovars are now seeking to escape unemployment, and despair. They are leaving by the tens of thousands, making their way illegally into European Union countries to look for a better future. Just a trickle until September, the number of migrants suddenly surged last fall, spurred by word of mouth.

Serbian illegal operator threatens population in the north (Koha online)

Illegal energy operator in northern Kosovo “Elektrokosmet” which supplies Serbs in this part with electricity, has started today to distribute notices that if they do not pay the energy bills, the will be disconnected from the network. Sources of Koha.net from the north informed that these warnings have been distributed to the population in Mitrovica, Zvecan/Zvecani, Leposavic and Zubin Potok. “"Pay electrical bills and show that you respect institutions of the Republic of Serbia,"” is written on these warnings.

Jahjaga to sign decrees on the appointment of Serbian judges (Danas)

The Government of Serbia adopted yesterday report on the agreement on the judiciary, which Belgrade and Pristina initialled in Brussels earlier this week. The Government of Serbia unofficially announces that the Serbian officials would talk with employees in the Serbian judiciary in northern Kosovo on the implementation of the agreement, which provides their integration into Kosovo's judicial and legal system. Apparently, as explained to Danas, for the Serbs in the agreed judicial system in northern Kosovo, that includes seven municipalities, will apply special, status-neutral framework.

"Migration from Kosovo is organized" (B92,Beta)

Faculty for Security professor Zoran Dragisic has said that mass migration from Kosovo and Metohija to the EU is "an organized act of crime groups." He also pointed out that the recent phenomenon "does not represent a major security threat to Serbia." "The services should answer what is behind this mass migration, because it is characteristic of war or major catastrophe, which are not present in Kosovo at this moment. Kosovo was also poor ten months and two years ago, but this was not happening.

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A film about a Serb child from Prizren, Kosovo (IRS)

A full-length documentary, entitled "Milica", speaks of the everyday life of eight-year-old Milica Đorđević, the only Serb child in the town of Prizren, in southern Kosovo, stressed the authors at the film’s presentation in Belgrade. They said that their goal was to show to the world a story of the life of the few Serbs that have remained in Prizren. „Milica“ is a film about our conscience, said the script writer and director, Dragan Elčić. He pointed to the fact that Milica is soon to finish the fourth grade and wonders how she will be able to continue her education.

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Germany to send police officers to help stem Kosovo exodus (DW)

Germany has said it plans to send a number of police officers to join efforts to stem a tide of migrants from Kosovo trying to enter the EU. The exodus is posing problems for both Germany and Kosovo. Germany's interior ministry announced on Thursday that it was sending 20 Federal Police officers to border between Serbia and Hungary to help control a surge in the number of mainly Albanian Kosovars seeking to enter the European Union.