Kosovo President Hashim Thaci dismissed his political advisor Branislav Nikolic following claims of his alleged involvement in “dubious activities directed against the constitutional order and sovereignty of Kosovo”, a statement said on Wednesday.

The statement from the president’s cabinet said that Thaci took media reports about Nikolic’s dubious activities seriously even though he did not have any official report about those alleged activities by his Serb advisor from any security service.

Serbian media in Kosovo reports that Independent Liberal Party (SLS) announced that the party's officials will be crossing Merdare crossing today at 11 am, in a protest to the more frequent stopping and harassment of their officials at the crossings of Merdare, White Land and Jarinje.

The SLS said that the last case of stopping of the SLS officials happened yesterday at the crossing White Land (Bela Zemlja) to Srdjan Jovanovic, and kept by the Serbian MIA for several hours, and questioned by members of the Security and Information Agency.

Caucus of the opposition Democratic Party (DS) requested the Chair of the Security Services Oversight Committee to respond if Oliver Ivanovic visited the seat of the Security and Informative Agency (BIA) in the period from October to December 2017, and reported concerns about his safety, FoNet news agency reported.

In a request, signed by DS MP Balsa Bozovic it was asked whether an official note was made about the talks, and if BIA based on the information Oliver Ivanovic provided related to his safety undertook any activity in order to verify these claims.

Armin Alibasic, a member of a Wahhabi movement dubbed "Dava Tim Centar" who was arrested on January 13 in Novi Pazar, was preparing a terrorist attack. According to Blic, Alibasic was prevented in this attempt by officers from the Security and Information Agency (BIA) and by the police.

Alibasic spent several hours before being arrested in a village near the Serbian Orthodox Monastery of Djurdjevi Stupovi, where he had been practicing martial arts in previous years, as well as tactical military training, camping and survival.

A Kosovo Serb MP told reporters in Pristina on Thursday that the Serbian police and Security Information Agency (BIA) were harassing members of his party.

Slobodan Petrovic MP, leader of the Independent Liberal Party (SLS) told a new conference that he and his deputy Boban Stankovic had been held on separate occasions by the Serbian police at the Merdare border crossing between Kosovo and Serbia proper, adding that this was an abuse of Serbian institutions for party and political goals.

Serbian Security Information Agency (BIA) has denied media reports about several persons arrested in the territory of Kosovo and Metohija on July 18 being in any way linked to the agency.

"Mario Milosevic, Jovan Pavicevic, Strahinja Dankovic, and Laureta Zuba have been arrested based on Interpol's notice on suspicion of committing the grave criminal acts of murder and kidnapping in the territory of the Republic of Montenegro," the Security Information Agency (BIA) said in a statement on Thursday.

Rada Trajkovic says Oliver Ivanovic reported people that posed danger to him to the Security Information Agency (BIA).

According to Trajkovic, who is the leader of the European Movement of Serbs from Kosovo, Ivanovic, a Serb politician from northern Kosovo who was shot dead in January, also conveyed his concerns to Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic and the international community.

The meeting of the Working Group for gathering facts and evidence to shed light on crimes against Serbian people and other ethnic communities in Kosovo highlighted the importance of coordination between all services to obtain more information on numerous crimes.