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.
Kosovo Police banned the Minister of Culture and Information Vladan Vukosavljevic to enter Kosovo at around 11.20 am today, at the administrative crossing Jarinje, the correspondent of TV Most reports today.
TV Most reports that Vukosavljevic has been denied entry to Kosovo at the crossing Jarinje although his visit was duly announced.
The Mayor of northern Mitrovica Goran Rakic met KFOR Commander Salvatore Cuoci with regard to the current security situation after the tragic murder of Oliver Ivanovic, reports RTS.
Rakic says that it is crucial to strengthen the cooperation of all the security structures involved in the investigation.
Police Director Vladimir Rebic has confirmed that a torched car suspected of being used in the murder of Oliver Ivanovic belonged to a Serb from Austria.
Ivanovic was shot dead from a moving car on January 16, in northern Kosovska Mitrovica. According to reports, this car was later found torched near the scene.
The Office for Kosovo and Metohija asked the competent authorities in Kosovo to urgently determine who committed the attack on Bojan Staletovic in the multi-ethnic settlement of the Bosniak Mahalla in the northern part of Mitrovica, RTS reports.
"We warn that incidents of this kind, besides the Serbs' unrest in Kosovska Mitrovica, can cause an uncontrolled escalation of interethnic violence, which is not in the interest of Serbian and Albanian residents of this city," the statement reads, RTS reports.
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.
In northern Mitrovica, the number of people suffering from measles is growing, and the epidemic has been declared, reports TV Most.
Since last week, the number of patients, according to the data from the infectious department, has risen from 14 to over 70 people.
In a series of articles titled ''Serbian knockout in the Kosovo ring'', the news portal Vesti in the third article talks with Editor of the KoSSev portal Tatjana Lazarević.
KIM radio and portal KoSSev reported that in the village of Suvi Do/Suhodoll in North Mitrovica started yesterday the search of the remains of missing persons during the Kosovo conflict.
The media reported that so far excavations have been carried out three times in that location and that the remains of 105 bodies have been found, which have been identified and handed over to their relatives.
The head of the administration of the municipality of Mitrovica Adrijana Hodžić says that citizens should come out to the upcoming local elections in a large numbers and support those who have successfully managed this city for four years.
Hodžić says, in a statement delivered to Kontakt plus radio, that the elections are a holiday of democracy, and on October 22 to choose the best who will lead North Mitrovica.