A two-day forum on trust building in Kosovo is being held in Ljubljana with participation of more than 150 participants, including UNMIK, municipal leadership and administration, civil society, media and religious communities, Serbian media report.
A three-day forum dedicated to building trust among the communities in Kosovo is under way in Ljubljana under the auspices of the UN Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK). More than 100 participants are looking at positive examples of cooperation that reduce potential hostilities and dismantle stereotypes.
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Media in Serbia announces today that the United Kingdom takes over the presidency of the United Nations Security Council in August. Serbian national broadcaster, RTS reports that the Serbian foreign minister confirmed that London could ask for the sessions on Kosovo to be abolished or to be closed to the public.
The overall security situation in Kosovo is very serious - Serbian Interior Minister Nebojsa Stefanovic said in Belgrade on Friday.
Stefanovic told this to Assistant UN Secretary-General Alexander Zuev, and reiterated Serbia's position on the need for UNMIK's continued presence on the ground.
UNMIK chief Zahir Tanin assessed last night that yesterday's developments in Kosovo were unacceptable and has urged the authorities in Belgrade and Pristina to avoid provocations and take the steps necessary to preserve the peace and security of citizens, reported Serbian media.
He said in a UNMIK statement that it was necessary that all interested avoid any rhetoric or measures that could escalate the situation further.
Two persons: B. S. and M. S, "apparently connected with the KLA", are mentioned in the documents of the UNMIK Missing Persons Unit.
They are mentioned under suspicion of involvement in the crime of the disappearance of Mr. Ljubomir Knezevic, the Association of Journalists of Serbia (UNS) is reporting on its website.
Knezevis was a journalist of the Pristina newspaper Jedinstvo and a correspondent of Politika.
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Panel discussion on "The role of women in society, focus on the region of Mitrovica" was held at the Cultural Center in Zvecan, reports Radio Mitrovica Sever.
This event was opened by Mayor Vucina Jankovic, who said that the eighth of March was not a regular day, but the day when the loudest messages about women's rights can be heard from all sides, but that it should be discussed every day of the year.
Kosovo Minister for Local Governance and Administration, Ivan Todosijevic and Head of UNMIK’s Office for Community Support, Leonid Markaryan discussed today functioning of local self-governance and municipal structures responsible for the protection of community rights.
Appointments of deputy mayors for communities and the role of the local municipal offices for communities in Kosovo were also discussed. Todosijevic highlighted support UNMIK offers in the protection of community rights as very significant.
Four persons accused for the murder of two UNMIK police officers in 2004 will be tried by EULEX, Kosovo Judicial Council has decided. In its decision, KJC stated that the case will be tried by a body majority of which will consist and be chaired by officials from the EU rule of law mission.
Serbian Minister of Defense, thinks that one of the biggest mistakes of the Serbian diplomacy was made during times when Boris Tadic and Vuk Jeremic were in power, by bringing in EULEX and removing UNMIK from Kosovo, KiM Radio reported.
“This had to be done with the consent of Serbia, and Serbia due to only its and those people who were in power known reasons did it,” Vulin said.