"The attack from last night, in which was injured one Serb, was not isolated incident but a planned action with the clear intention to disrupt the delicate security balance in Kosovo and Metohija," said the Office for Kosovo and Metohija.

From the Office say that it is essential that the police and other security factors in Kosovo, and international missions, to reinforce activities and take preventive steps to ensure the safety of citizens and prevent violence.

Assistant Director of the Office for Kosovo and Metohija Ljubomir Marić will meet tomorrow the Head of the United Nations Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) Zahir Tanin.

The statement of the Office for KiM says that there will be a press release after the meeting.

Assistant Director of the Office for Kosovo and Metohija Ljubomir Marić says that that drafting of the Statute of the Community/Association of the Serb municipalities is entirely the responsibility of the Management Team, and representatives of the Serbian people in Kosovo, as well as that all the announcements of Albanian officials in Pristina on this occasion can only be the result of ignorance or deliberate attempt to mislead the public and further avoidance of the formation of the ZSO.

The Serbian government has appointed Ljubomir Maric as assistant director of the Office for Kosovo and Metohija, Tanjug learned from this Office.

Maric will deal with issues related to the establishment of the Community of Serb Municipalities (ZSO) in Kosovo, and with coordination of local self-governments in Kosovo.

Belgrade is interested in continuing the dialogue with Pristina, Director of the Serbian government Office for Kosovo and Metohija Marko Đurić said Wednesday at a meeting with members of the EU Council Working Party on Enlargement and Countries Negotiating Accession to the EU (COELA), but he expressed concern over the fact that expert teams had not met in Brussels since November.

The Committee of the Assembly of Serbia for Kosovo and Metohija adopted yesterday a report on the work of the Office for Kosovo and Metohija for 2016, members of the committee from the ranks of the opposition had objections due to Đurić's absence from the session.

Marko Djuric has offered his condolences to Russian Ambassador Aleksandar Chepurin over the death of Russia's UN envoy Vitaly Churkin.

According to a statement, the head of the Serbian Government Office for Kosovo and the top Russian diplomat in Serbia met in Belgrade on Tuesday.

During the meeting, Djuric said that "the Russian Federation and world diplomacy lost a great fighter for the respect of international law and the acquis on which the United Nations are based."

Deputy Director of the Office for Kosovo and Metohija Dušan Kozarev said today that they successfully prevented attempts to undermine the political unity of the Serbian people in Kosovo and the coordination of the political representatives of Serbs with the Serbian government.

Ranilug Mayor Gradimir Mikić says that the municipality will comply with the agreement with the Office for Kosovo and Metohija about the start of formation of the Community/Association of Serb municipalities (ZSO) by the political leaders of Serbs from Kosovo on 15 February by their own initiative, if it occurs.

Representatives of the Serbian Orthodox Church were prevented to access the Temple of Christ the Saviour in Pristina, says the statement of the Diocese of Raška and Prizren.

Office for Kosovo and Metohija says concerning this case that behind the "unauthorized locking" of the Temple of Christ the Saviour in Pristina hides an attempt to "completely delete all traces of the existence of the Serbian people in this city."