The mayors in Kosovo announced the blockage of Jarinje and Brnjak crossings if the authorities in Pristina maintain the decision not to allow movement across the crossings with Serbian IDs.

Kosovo Minister of Local Government Administration Ljubomir Maric said that the municipalities with Serbian majority in northern Kosovo might be closed in the case that additional funds from the Kosovo budget are not provided. Maric said that the budget circular by the Kosovo Ministry of Finance, delivered to the municipalities in northern Kosovo, indicates insufficient allocations for the normal functioning of the municipalities. He added that this is in total contrast with the integration that is expected, and stemming from the Brussels process.

After receiving guarantees from Pristina, according to which the Ministry of Finance will compensate for deficit caused by municipality work throughout the year, the Councillors have supported a budget that is 1,653,790 euros less than last year.

Although, the Mayor of Mitrovica North, Goran Rakic has his doubts about the promises made by Pristina, he says embassies in Pristina have the same document, and that they are guarantors of this letter.

North Mitrovica Mayor Goran Rakic condemned the bomb attack that happened this morning in Mitrovica. He stressed that acts of violence are unacceptable and that as such deserves the harshest condemnation. "Those who are behind this attack want to destabilize situation in the city. I hope that the police will make necessary efforts, in order to find people responsible for this attack, "said Rakic.

The Mayor of Mitrovica North, Goran Rakic, condemned the shooting in Goraždevac in early Monday hours and assessed that those behind the incident want ethnically clean Kosovo. Desecrating monuments, destructing property and jeopardizing lives of Serbs in Goraždevac is the red alarm that shows in what circumstances Serbs in Kosovo and Metohija live, Rakic stated.

In regards to the statement of the South Mitrovica mayor, Agim Bahtiri, who proposed the abolition of municipality with Serbian majority- Mitrovica North in order to "prevent the ethnic cleansing of Albanians," mayor of Mitrovica North Goran Rakic says that Bahtiri is trying to cover up his own failure.

North Mitrovica Mayor Goran Rakic will not sign a memorandum on border demarcation with the Mayor of South Mitrovica because it is to the detriment of the Serbian people, Ksenija Bozovic said to the RTV KIM.

The village of Suvi Do, geographically located in North Mitrovica, is an important point of the current issue of the division of the city.

North Mitrovica Mayor Goran Rakic said that the statement of the President of SANU Dr Vladimir Kostic, that "with elements of dignity should leave Kosovo and Metohija, because it is neither de facto nor de jure in the hands of Serbia", caused a major blow to the Serbian national interests in Kosovo.

According to the Kosovo police, the situation in the north is normalized. Yet politicians have conflicting opinions.

The deputy regional commander of the Kosovo police Besim Hoti stressed that the current situation in the north is stable regardless of the incidents that have occurred in recent days. He said that police presence increased.

Plans to remove the so-called ‘Peace Park’ barricade on the main River Iber bridge on 15 October have been postponed indefinitely, said sources from the Mitrovica North municipality. The postponement, according to the source, came as a result of the current political situation in Kosovo. “Recent events across Kosovo, including protests against the Community are the reasons why the removal of the park has been delayed,” the source added.