A Mercedes Benz vehicle with Belgrade license plates was burned on Monday at around 04:00 hours in Mitrovica North. Fortunately, except for entire burning of the vehicle, there are no other  material damages or casualties. It was learned that the owner of the vehicle is a Kosovo Serb, who used to work as customs officer. Deputy Director of the Kosovo Police for the north, Besim Hoti, confirmed the burning of the vehicle.

Even though MPs of North Mitrovica and Leposavić/Leposaviq municipalities have adopted budgets and forwarded them to relevant ministries, they haven’t been approved yet, because they are apparently not harmonized with the recommendations of the Ministry of Finance. Four municipalities in northern Kosovo last year adopted budgets for 2015 and forwarded them to Pristina for clearance, however Ministry for Local Government Administration did not approve them because they are not harmonized with the recommendations of the Ministry of Finance.

Former Serb members of Serbia’s Ministry of Internal Affairs, (MUP,) in North Mitrovica, who stopped working after the Brussels agreement for police, have announced for today a protest. They plan to block Kosovo Police station and EULEX building in this part of the city.

Their request is integration in Kosovo Police, and for those who do not fulfill the required conditions, to continue to work for the Serbian MUP.

Illegal energy operator in northern Kosovo “Elektrokosmet” which supplies Serbs in this part with electricity, has started today to distribute notices that if they do not pay the energy bills, the will be disconnected from the network. Sources of Koha.net from the north informed that these warnings have been distributed to the population in Mitrovica, Zvecan/Zvecani, Leposavic and Zubin Potok. “"Pay electrical bills and show that you respect institutions of the Republic of Serbia,"” is written on these warnings.

Mothers with children are most frequent victims of a domestic violence according to statistics of the Department for protection of children and youth which operates within the Center for Social Affairs in Mitrovica North, whereas lack of a Safe House makes the problem more complicated. The director of the Center for Social Affairs, Dejan Đinović, said to Kontakt Plus Radio that Center offers advisory services to victims of a domestic violence, of which 20 were registered in the previous year.

Serbian Government has managed to strike the best possible agreement in Brussels which guarantees to Kosovo Serbs access to justice in Serbian language in institutions where most of judges will be Serbs, said Serbian Minister of Justice, Nikola Selakovic. AGREEMENT 1. Kosovo laws will apply to judicial institutions in accordance with the First Agreement. 2. There will be one Basic Court and one Basic Prosecution Office for Mitrovica region. 3. There will be multiple premises for the Mitrovica Basic Court. 4.