The announcement of the Mayor of Mitrovica north Goran Rakić says that the existing support wall near the Ibar/Ibër River bridge would be redesigned or transformed into an outdoor amphitheatre that will be part of the pedestrian zone in King Peter Street in the northern part of Mitrovica. This was announced after the meeting held in EU office between the technical teams for the implementation of agreement on the bridge over the Ibar/Ibër River in Mitrovica.

North Mitrovica Mayor Goran Rakić has rejected claims of the Mayor of South Mitrovica Agim Bahtiri that a wall is being built along the Ibar/Ibër River, that supposedly was not a part of the agreement on the revitalization of the bridge.

Rakic says it's not about wall but the promenade along the river.

"All works here are in accordance with the agreement reached in Brussels," said Rakić.

The political representatives of Serbs from northern Kosovo tonight have accused the mayor of Leposavić/Leposaviq Dragan Jablanović to lead anti Serbian politics and that his task is ''breaking the unity of the Serbian people in the north Kosovo and Metohija''.

I expect the international community to react due to the inappropriate way of organizing the opening of the bridge on the Bistrica River, and if this does not happen, I will send a letter tomorrow to the EU envoy, as people in the north of Kosovo are disturbed and the tensions are high, Mayor of Mitrovica North Goran Rakić told daily Večernje Novosti.

North Mitrovica Mayor Goran Rakić said today that the main bridge in Mitrovica will not be open until the end of this year.

"The theme of Apostolova's visit today was not revitalization and opening of the bridge, and in her address to the public, the date is mentioned, about the official opening of the bridge, for which I can assure you that will not be until the end of this year," said Rakić in a statement.

After the statement of the leader of Self-determination movement Visar Imeri, related to the monument to Prince Lazar and chauvinistic character of Association / Community of Serb Municipalities, reacted the mayor of North Mitrovica, Goran Rakić. “Imeri’s statement is given in a spirit of absolute lack of tolerance and understanding for other nations, in this case - Serbian.

Representatives of local governments in northern Kosovo say that visit of Prime Minister Isa Mustafa still is not officially announced. Whether he will come to the north is uncertain, and the mayors of the four municipalities in the north said that they have not been officially notified. “I really do not know, nor I would take seriously what the media in Pristina writes,” said the mayor of North Mitrovica Goran Rakić.

Kosovo Privatization Agency (KPA) informed the public that next eviction of usurpers of the social property will take place in next couple days, with the full support of Kosovo Police on entire territory of Kosovo. This information was provided to KoSSev from the KPA following the portal’s inquiry about alleged temporary postponement of the eviction from seven business premises in Mitrovica North, which was supposed to take place last Thursday.

Mitrovica Mayor, Agim Bahtiri, said today that the borders of the city of Mitrovica will not be changed, but that if they do, he will resign from his post. During a public discussion in Pristina titled “The Bridge Over Ibar”, organized by the Vetevendosje Movement and the municipality of Mitrovica, Bahtiri said that he cannot come to an agreement with the mayor of North Mitrovica, Goran Rakic, on the removal of the barricade on the Ibar Bridge.

The mayor of North Mitrovica, Goran Rakić, condemned the attack on a crew of TV Most in Obilić/Obiliq and demanded that perpetrators are found and punished. Only a few days after the celebration of World Press Freedom Day, the journalists of Serbian nationality were attacked in Obilić/Obiliq while doing their job, said Raki. “We strongly condemn this attack and call on the authorities to react. We also expect that OSCE and other international organizations will react.