Srpska Lista (SL) has reacted to Kosovo Albanian media reports on the names of people allegedly involved in smuggling in northern Kosovo citing unnamed sources, Radio Mitrovica sever reported. “Albanian media are continuing the psychological warfare against the Serbian people in the north of Kosovo and Metohija, whose goal is to intimidate and prepare new violent actions against freethinking, prominent citizens”, Srpska Lista said in a statement. “We recall that a similar media campaign in the Albanian media preceded the pogrom against Serbs on March 17, 2004, in which dozens of Serbian vill

KoSSev portal reports that Raska-Prizren Eparchy continued with providing humanitarian aid to the vulnerable population in northern Kosovo. In addition to humanitarian points opened in Mitrovica North and Banjska Monastery in Zvecan, the new point was opened in Leposavic on Saturday. From 3 to 4 July, food and hygienic packages were delivered to 192 families.

After two days of closure, shops in the north of Kosovo and Metohija were open today, Serbian national broadcaster RTS reports. As a sign of protest against 100 percent tariffs Pristina imposed on goods from central Serbia, all shops, restaurants, bakeries and petrol stations were closed for two days. The situation in the Clinical Centre in Mitrovica North is concerning and there is a shortage of some medicaments, RTS added.

Serbian Orthodox Church (SOC) Raska-Prizren Eparchy issued an urgent appeal to all SOC eparchies and humanitarian organizations to collect humanitarian aid regarding the latest situation in the north of Kosovo, Radio kontakt plus reported. “In relation to the severe humanitarian situation in the north of Kosovo and Metohija, caused by the decision of Kosovo institutions to impose 100 percent tariffs on all goods from central Serbia, but also by other Pristina’s restrictive measures, the Raska-Prizren Eparchy sends an urgent appeal to all eparchies of the Serbian Orthodox Church and humanitari

Foreign policy commentator of Belgrade-based daily Politika and military analyst Miroslav Lazanski told RTS if Washington pressures Pristina to move towards compromise solution then a way out of the current situation is possible. According to him Europe showed infirmity regarding Kosovo.

Serbian Prime Minister Ana Brnabic said today Belgrade was warning over the last seven months on possible consequences of the Pristina’s tariffs imposed on goods from central Serbia, Tanjug news agency reported. According to her closure of the shops in the north is such consequence, adding that Belgrade at any moment would be ready to help its people in Kosovo.

Chair of the Association of Businessmen in northern Kosovo Rados Petrovic has confirmed that as of Monday, July 1 shops in the north of Kosovo including kiosks and bakeries will be closed, B92 reports. He added this was decided in a meeting of businessmen due to imposed tariffs on goods from central Serbia that Pristina institutions imposed seven months ago.

Serbian Deputy Prime Minister Zorana Mihajlovic said Pristina authorities are using the statement of Prime Minister Ana Brnabic – that Albanian political representatives in Pristina as former members of KLA “are people from the forest,” to justify brutal violence and arrests of Serbs in the north of Kosovo and Metohija by ROSU unit, RTS reported. “I think it is clear to everybody that Pristina’s official use one inattentive statement of the Serbian Prime Minister Ana Brnabic to justify before domestic and international public not only arrests of the Serbs that took place a few days ago, but a

Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic has visited a Russian member of the UN mission in Kosovo, UNMIK, injured on Tuesday during a Kosovo police raid in the North.

Slovakia Prime Minister Peter Pellegrini, who is paying an official visit to Serbia said he expected stronger EU and its member-states reaction to the Kosovo special police unit intrusion to the north of Kosovo, B92 reports. He also noted, Slovakia as an EU member is very concerned because Pristina does not fulfill its obligations deriving from the Brussels agreement, but also because of the lack of a strong reaction to the provocations by Albanian side and the latest ROSU action in the north. “Reaction was not at the appropriate level.