Serbian Patriarch Irinej told the Belgrade based daily Danas that "there will be no extraordinary session of the Holy Synod of Bishops of the Serbian Orthodox Church (SPC), but most likely the regular May session will be waited'' in which Kosovo will be one of the main topics."

According to the patriarch's words, "only three requests arrived, while to convene the extraordinary session, is required majority of more than half,'' of the number of the highest Hierarchical and Ecclesiastical body of the SPC.

Six witnesses have been examined in connection with the murder of Oliver Ivanovic so far, says Deputy Kosovo Minister of Internal Affairs Milan Radojevic to Kontakt plus radio.

Radojevic told the radio that Kosovo Police is ready to cooperate with everyone in the region, including the Serbian Ministry of Interior, and reminds that there are no official contacts between these two ministries, but that this will most probably be done in accordance with the Brussels Agreement.

Bogdan Mitrovic, after four and a half months of detention, is released, and says that justice has won. The representatives of the Office for Kosovo and Metohija welcomed Mitrovic in his home in Mladenovac.

Mitrovic thanked for the help, and the special thank, as he says, he owes to the president of Serbia.

Mitrovic says that he felt sorry because he had grown old in Sopina village, and that he did not do anything wrong and he had been named, as it has been said, a criminal.

Six people, three Serbs and three Albanians have been arrested in the Mitrovica region, and are suspected of committing a criminal offense of "prostitution," the Kosovo police states.

The police operation was conducted in three different locations in the Mitrovica region, where the arrested persons were suspected of involvement in illegal activities, commencing a crime of dealing with ''prostitution", the statement says.

The lack of a functioning judicial system is the main reason for corruption in the north, along with the non-existence of a law protecting whistle-blowers, so there is neither physical nor legal protection of those who would warn on corruption, concluded participants at the discussion organized in EU Info Centre in Mitrovica North, Kontakt plus radio reported.

North Mitrovica Mayor Goran Rakic says that media reports on the blockade of funds for northern Kosovo by the  responsible ministry in Pristina suggests that someone believes that by demonstrating force one can exert political pressure on Serbs, reports Kontakt plus radio.

- Of course it will not pass, and it is not a recipe for solving political problems, Rakic said.

The youth organization “Sinergija” implements a new project “Youth as human rights advocates” with the support of the UN Mission in Kosovo, Kontakt plus radio reported.

The programme director, Jovana Stojanovic told the radio, the project would last 6 months and would include educative workshops where young people would deal with human rights, gender equality, prevention of violence and young people as role models.

According to Stojanovic, the third phase would include campaigns and study visits, including also theater performances.

A 33-year-old Serb from Kosovo (B. S.) was beaten last night in the northern part of Mitrovica in a multi-ethnic settlement of the Bosniak Mahalla when several unidentified persons came upon him, Kontakt plus radio reports. B. S. is in the Mitrovica hospital.

Radio reports that he was intercepted by a group of unidentified persons who verbally and physically have attacked him.

The employees of the Basic Prosecutor’s office, now part of a unified Kosovo justice system, are satisfied with the beginning of work, but they have warned about the big backlog of cases, reports Radio Free Europe (RFE).

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Communities and Return Dalibor Jevtic said that the implementation of the Law was the key to solving the problem of equal language use in Kosovo. Jevtic stressed that for the first time there was a full commitment of the Government of Kosovo to solve the issue of equal use of languages in a quality way, reported Kontakt plus radio.