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Prosecution works on Djuric’s arrest case (Tanjug, Blic)

Serbian Prosecution for Organized Crime undertook all necessary actions within its authority in regards to the arrest of the Serbian Government Office for Kosovo Director, Marko Djuric, Tanjug news agency reported.

Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said following the National Security Council session on Monday that several criminal offenses were committed during Djuric’s arrest and that all who took part in it, including two persons of Serb nationality wearing uniforms, would be held responsible before the Serbian judiciary, Serbian media reported.

“States arrest, terrorists kidnap – they have shown true face” (BETA, TV Pink)

Serbian Defense Minister, Aleksandar Vulin told the BETA news agency, he supports the decision of Srpska Lista to leave Kosovo Government, adding they should have done it much earlier.

“I support the decision of Srpska Lista and they should have done it earlier on the occasion of other anti-Serbian moves taken by Ramush Haradinaj,” Vulin said.

“It was needed to bring them down earlier, but this is an excellent day to bring that government down. Let them go before inhabitants of Kosovo and Metohija and elaborate on what are they doing.”

Vucic: I said my words are not a joke, some understood it (RTS, B92)

Serbian President spoke last night for RTS about the meeting with EU High Representative Federica Mogherini and situation in Kosovo and Metohija.

Previously a press statement was issued in which the EU High Representative Mogherini stressed that “what happened yesterday must not happen again.”

“Vucic and Mitchell exchanged stances on attack against Djuric” (B92)

Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic spoke yesterday over the phone with USA State Department Assistant Secretary for European and Eurasian Affairs, Wess Mitchell, Serbian media reported referring to a press announcement posted on the President’s website.

“In a long and open talks, the President Vucic and USA official Mitchell exchanged stances over a brutal attack against the Office for Kosovo and Metohija Director, Marko Djuric, that happened on Monday in the north of Kosovo and Metohija,” the press statement reads.

Moscow and Washington react to events in Kosovo (Tanjug, B92)

Russia and the US have both reacted to Monday's incidents in Mitrovica North and the arrest of Serbian official Marko Djuric.

Both countries have condemned these events, Tanjug reports today.

Russia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs "resolutely condemned" the incident in Mitrovica North, saying it was aimed at "intimidating all Kosovo Serbs."

Kosovo Serbs to Quit Pristina Govt After Deportation (Balkan Insight)

After Kosovo controversially deported a Serbian official, Kosovo Serb politicians said they will quit the Kosovo government and unilaterally set up an Association of Serbian Municipalities without Pristina’s involvement.

Goran Rakic, the president of the main Kosovo Serb party, Srpska Lista, said on Tuesday that an Association of Serbian Municipalities will be set up independently from Pristina and that the party will leave the Kosovo government.

Serbs block road in north Kosovo, walk out of government (SunHerald)

Kosovo Serbs have set up a road block in northern Kosovo, and their representatives walked out of the Kosovo government in response to the arrest and expulsion of a senior Serbian government official.

Politicians representing Kosovo's Serb minority met Tuesday with Serbia's President Aleksandar Vucic in Belgrade, saying they will no longer support the Kosovo government.

The Latest: 32 injured, 5 seriously in Kosovo clashes (The Washington Post)

A doctor in northern Kosovo says 32 people have been injured, including five seriously, during clashes with Kosovo police during the arrest of a senior Serbian government official.

Milan Ivanovic said Monday the injured have been treated in a local hospital in the divided town of Mitrovica and discharged.

Mogherini to visit Belgrade urgently (RTS)

According to the Serbian national broadcaster, EU High Representative for Security and Foreign Policy, Federica Mogherini would arrive to Belgrade this afternoon.

She is scheduled to meet the Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic and the topic would be continuation of the Belgrade-Pristina agreement.

Serbian Government Office for Kosovo and Metohija Director, announced today at a press conference that an EU representative would arrive to Belgrade, RTS reported.

 

Djuric: They dragged me like dog, but they will not humiliate us (B92)

Serbian Government Office for Kosovo and Metohija Director, Marko Djuric said that “Albanian separatists attempted on Monday to brutally, with violence and terror take over the north of Kosovo,” B92 reported.

Djuric who addressed the public, first time since his arrest, said he is proud of the Serbian people, who defended him with Gandhi’s methods.