Graduates of the University of Pristina relocated in the Mitrovica North had to pay a minimum of 6,000 dinars for certificate about verification of diploma. Now, this certificate will be issued free of charge, said the Adviser to the Kosovo Deputy Prime Minister, Milan Stolić. "We made this decision in cooperation with the Pristina City Assembly, the Dean and Rector of the Faculty of Law, as prescribed by the Brussels agreement. This fact will facilitate the process of verifying the diplomas for graduates, "said Stolić.

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.

Head of the so-called Office for Kosovo at the Government of Serbia, and Deputy leader of the Serbian Progressive Party, Marko Djuric, is visiting Moscow, where he informed his interlocutors about the situation in Kosovo.

Family members and the Association of Families of Kidnapped and Missing Persons from Kosovo marked today the 18th anniversary of the first mass kidnapping of Serbs in Kosovo, by laying of wreaths at the "Memorial of Truth" in Mitrovica north. On that day were kidnapped the workers of Belaćavac pit mine, which was part of the Electro Industry of Serbia (EPS).

All my life I've spent doing the opposite of what I'm charged. Therefore, I hope the Court of Appeal will, when considering my case, come to that conclusion. I believe that the verdict will be overturned into acquittal, because that will be the only just solution.

These are the words of the leader of Civic Initiative SDP Oliver Ivanović, from the interview for "Novosti", who after nearly two years of litigation, was sentenced to nine years in prison. Practically without proof.

Mayor of South Mitrovica, Agim Bahtiri announced the revitalization of the bridge to the Albanian media in Kosovo that for years separates the southern and northern part of the city.

The president of the Kosovo Judicial Council, Nehat Idrizi, told Radio Free Europe that the Basic Court in northern Mitrovica is expected to become operational by beginning of September this year. According to Idrizi, this court will function according to Kosovo laws. He said the vacancy for recruiting staff is already open, but stressed that the employees will be mainly those who have worked so far in the so-called parallel courts.

Dejan Vlaskovic, a member of the Kosovo Police rapid reaction unit, was brutally beaten up on Monday evening in Mitrovica North. Sources told the news agency that Vlaskovic was off duty and driving under the influence of alcohol when he hit a parked vehicle. Several people walked out of a restaurant nearby and beat up Vlaskovic unconscious. “Ivan Mladjevic, a known drug dealer, was the one that beat up Vlaskovic the most,” a source said. Vlaskovic is now receiving treatment at the Mitrovica north hospital.

Violence against Serbs in Kosovo is continuing, the culprits are never discovered and after it happens the violence is immediately forgotten, said the Minister for Labour, Employment, Veteran and Social Affairs, Aleksandar Vulin. During his visit to family Vucetic in Mitrovica north, Minister said that their six-year old son Borivoje is example of the life of Serbs in Kosovo. He recalled that Borivoje and his sister Milica were injured when a bomb was thrown at their house in Bosnjacka Mahala.

"For us, the most important thing is the firm position of government that diplomas from Pristina University will be relevant in Serbia, bearing in mind that the process of expelling the Serbs, unfortunately, is still going on," told TV Most Rada Trajkovic from the European Movement of Serbs in Kosovo.  She said that students would like to be sure that they can get a job outside of Kosovo, adding that if it comes to integration, the state of Serbia will continue to financially support the university in the same way.