Minister for Local Government Administration in the Kosovo government, Ljubomir Marić, said to RTV KIM that the position of the Serbian List, when it comes to the establishment of Kosovo army has remained unchanged.

Following numerous critics and comments after his statement about Kosovo’s membership in FIFA and UEFA, Minister for Local Government Administration in the Kosovo government, Ljubomir Marić, says that it is all about spinning aimed at depicting him as the one who thinks badly about Kosovo.

Strategy for development of local self-governments in next ten years was presented today in Pristina. The Minister for Local Government Administration, Ljubomir Maric, said that local self-governments have to increase their capacities in order to be able to offer better services to citizens.

Representatives of Kosovo Serbs assessed that visit of the Serbian Prime Minister Vucic to Kosovo on Sunday serves as an important benchmark showing that Belgrade will never abandon Serbs in Kosovo.

Gjilan/Gnjilane mayor, Lutfi Haziri, hosted today Kosovo’s Minister for Communities and Returns, Dalibor Jevtic and the Minister for Administration of Local Government, Ljubomir Maric, to discuss important matters for Gjilan/Gnjilane population. “We discussed today the plans and possibilities for the 2016 budget and for development on community interests in Gjilan/Gnjilane, villages such as Shillova, Cernica and Kmetoci as well as the urban part surrounding the ‘Saint Nikola” church, schools etc.

Creation of the Association/Community of Serb municipalities (A/CSM) has no alternative because it is the only mechanism for protection, development and return of Serbs, said ministers in the Kosovo government Jevtic and Maric at a meeting with the Vice-President of the European Parliament Urlike Lunacek.

The Ministry of Administration and Local Self Government received around 30 requests for establishment of new municipalities in Kosovo, among them the requests for the formation of the Gora municipality and Priluzje.

Minister of Administration and Local Self Government Ljubomir Maric said that the formation of new municipalities in Kosovo was political issue that requires consultation with all coalition partners.

Deputy Prime Minister Branimir Stojanovic, Minister of Administration and Local Self-Government Ljubomir Maric and Minister for Communities and Returns Dalibor Jevtic have condemned the raid of the premises of the National Park Sara in Brezovica and arrest of employees who worked in the system of the Republic of Serbia.

Dalibor Jevtic said during a meeting with the rapporteur of the Parliamentary Assembly of Council of Europe Agustin Conde that usurped property in Kosovo hinders the process of return.