The management of the Correctional Service in Kosovska Mitrovica didn’t allow the chairperson of the Serbian parliament’s Committee for Human and Minority Rights Meho Omerovic to pay the visit to the leader of the Civic Initiative SDP Olvier Ivanovic.

The Committee issued a communiqué stating the Omerovic received the permission from Eulex, which he requested through the Serbian Government’s Office for Kosovo and Metohija, to visit Kosovska Mitrovica.

Political basis is needed for creation of the Union of Serbian Municipalities by adoption of the statute, what is possible through agreement with the future government in Pristina, stated Director of the Serbian Government’s Office for Kosovo and Metohija Marko Djuric and stressed that education and health sectors will remain in Serbia’s system. “I expect that participation of legally elected representatives of Serbs in the provincial institutions will significantly contribute to having direct talks between Kosovo Albanians and ourselves about the issues which

Five councilors from the Independent Liberal Party (SLS) of Štrpce/Shtërpcë municipal assembly decided to create a separate councilors’ caucus – ‘Napred Štrpce’ (Go Strpce). At yesterday’s regular session of Štrpce/Shtërpcë municipal assembly five councilors, who so far represented the SLS, decided to present themselves in future under the name ‘Napred Štrpce".

A cow was stolen from Ranko Bogicevic last night in returnee village Drenovac in Klina/Kllinë municipality, carried Miinstry of Communities and Return.

Ministry stated that it most sharply condemns the theft and stressed that attacks and intimidation of the returnee families negatively influence on return of Serbs to Kosovo and added that such and similar cases are slowing down the pace of already slow process of return.

Chief EULEX Prosecutor Jaroslava Novotna stated that there are no secret lists for arrests, however there are investigations involving members of all nationalities. Novotna said that speculations on existence of secret lists for arrests or secret indictments are completely groundless and that EULEX mission categorically states that there are no such lists. “The law doesn’t provide existence of secret or sealed indictments. Of course, there are ongoing investigations involving members of all nationalities.

Marko Đurić and Dejan Pavićević met today in the premises of the European Union Office in Pristina. Topics of the meeting were economy and common problems of Serbs and Albanians.