I expect the international community to react due to the inappropriate way of organizing the opening of the bridge on the Bistrica River, and if this does not happen, I will send a letter tomorrow to the EU envoy, as people in the north of Kosovo are disturbed and the tensions are high, Mayor of Mitrovica North Goran Rakić told daily Večernje Novosti.
On the eve of the Albanian holiday, leaders of the five cities in the region in Tirana have founded the Union.
Tirana, Pristina, Preševo, Tetovo and Ulcinj formed the Union of Municipalities in the region a day before the Albanian flag, the day when Albania proclaimed the independence. Therefore, the move many interpret as the first step in the concrete action of creating a "Greater Albania".
Serbia has made "major steps toward its strategic goal of EU membership by opening four very significant chapters."
This is according to EU Commissioner for Neighborhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations Johannes Hahn, who also noted that "strengthening of the rule of law remained the main challenge," Tanjug reported.
Whether and how close is Pristina to the UNESCO membership, it could be known in November next year, if they re-submit the proposal to the General Assembly of this organization.
Pristina authorities, after last year's fiasco at the GA UNESCO, have started at the same time a new offensive lobbying for the next General Assembly, which is held every two years. In the meantime Pristina acquired support of some countries and of some has lost. The situation is still uncertain.
Security Council session of the United Nations, on which will be presented a regular three-month report of the UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Kosovo, will be held on 16 November.
Večernje Novosti reports that Trepča will be discussed as well.
Marko Đurić said during his visit to Leposavić/Leposaviq that Serbia will take legal measures relating to the support of shareholders and all those who protect their interests before national and international judicial institutions.
Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic says he will support the government unconditionally "if rejects as absurd" Pristina's conditions for continued dialogue.
In a statement for Friday's edition of the Belgrade daily Vecernje Novosti, Nikolic noted that the interim institutions in Pristina "wrongly appraised that the time is right to set conditions without which no further steps can be made in the (Kosovo) negotiations."
As many as one third of EU members are blocking the continuation of the procedures for the opening of Chapter 31 in Serbia's accession negotiations.
The Belgrade-based daily Vecernje Novosti writes this on Thursday.
Chapter 31 relates to foreign policy and security, and taking the leading role among those blocking it are Germany, Great Britain and the countries of the former Warsaw Pact - the Czech Republic, Hungary, Bulgaria, Poland and Romania, said the article.
The European Union is considering an option to accelerate the talks between Belgrade and Pristina. In the case of changing the format of the dialogue, there will be no technical dialogue and all will fall under the "roof" of Johannes Hahn.
The future of Trepča is an important issue that should be addressed in the dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina, believes the head of the European Parliament delegation for relations with Serbia Eduard Kukan, who hopes that Serbia will soon open new negotiating chapters with the EU.
An incident has occurred at a Prague Process ministerial conference, after which the self-proclaimed state of Kosovo's interior minister walked out.
This has been reported by the daily Vecernje Novosti.