Director of Human Centre Mitrovica NGO, Veroljub Petronic told Radio Kontakt that the latest events in Staro Gracko are only one of the few security risks that contribute to the worsening of the overall security situation in Kosovo. He says in an interview with the radio that event in Staro Gracko last night was just one of the “small corps of security risks that contribute to the destabilization of the security situation in Kosovo”.

The opening of the bridge on the Ibar is not on the agenda because the reconstruction is in progress, and the assessment is that along to the technical, and the security conditions were not met, says mayor of North Mitrovica Goran Rakic to Belgrade based agency Tanjug.

The insistence of Maja Kocijancic on the opening of the bridge in Mitrovica  "without delay", as she said, was not based either on what was agreed in Brussels nor on the valid assessment of the situation on the ground, assessed the president of the Serb List Goran Rakic, reports Serbian national broadcaster RTS.

Works continue near the main Ibar Bridge in the northern part of Mitrovica, reports Kontakt plus radio.

The old asphalt in the Kolasinska street, near the Ibar Bridge, is removed with the help of heavy construction machines, at the spot planned for the construction of a  roundabout, reports the radio.

The Ibar Bridge is still open only for pedestrians.

Arrests of Serbs in Kosovo based on principle of “two witnesses” and without evidence must stop, mayor of the Mitrovica North municipality, Goran Rakic told KIM Radio.

Rakic also warned that such arrests intimidate Serb returnees.

“The experience tells us they arrest as a rule, reputable Serbs who wish to return to their places of origin, as Bozidar Mitrovic,” Rakic said.