New books in Serbian language, which Serbian Ministry of Culture buys for public libraries, can’t reach Kosovo and Metohija libraries because authorities in Pristina are not allowing their transport through administrative crossings. Serbian librarians from Mitrovica North, Zubin Potok, Zvečan/Zveçan and Leposavić/Leposaviq are warning that they will face huge problems this year when it comes to receiving books, renewing collections and promoting the literature in Serbian language in their institutions.

Deputy Director of the Serbian Government’s Office for Kosovo and Metohija, Dušan Kozarev, said that it would be good that Albanians support the project ‘Sunny Valley’, which they currently see as a problem.

Kozarev said to RTK2 that the goal of the ‘Sunny Valley’ would be sustainable return to Kosovo and assessed that return of displaced and internally displaced from Kosovo in last 17 years almost didn’t exist. He added that this project would change the complete approach to the return process.

President of the Serbian List Slavko Simić met with outgoing Head of the EU Office in Kosovo SamueI Žbogar. The talks focused on support of the EU office to the Serbian community, when it comes to economic and infrastructure development, as well as the activities of MPs of the Serbian List, the current draft of the Law on the Census of the population in the north of Kosovo and the process of dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina.

Prime Minister of Kosovo, Isa Mustafa, said that Serb returnees have no permit for construction of the so-called “Sunny Valley” in the north of Kosovo. “They have no right to construct the ‘Sunny Valley'. It is impermissible and valueless for so long as the institutions have not issued a permit”, said Mustafa today in a visit to Istog/Istok.

The Director of the Serbian Government’s Office for Kosovo and Metohija, Marko Đurić, Bishop of Raška-Prizren and chairperson of the provisional body of Zvečan/Zveçan Municipality Ivan Todosijević today will lay a cornerstone for the construction of a returnee settlement ‘Sunny Valley’ in that town.

The announcement of Kosovo Prime Minister Isa Mustafa that he would visit soon Leposavić/Leposaviq, and then the rest northern Serbian municipalities, thus becoming the first head of government in Pristina who visited the north, is not acceptable, and has been sent on his own initiative. This is a message of the representatives of the majority Serbian local governments with whom daily Politika has talked yesterday.

The impressive returnee settlement “Sunčana Dolina” (Sunny Valley), or as they call it – the first Serbian kibbutz in Kosovo – soon will be built at the foot of the ancient town of Zvečan. The preparation of the field is on-going. In a few weeks, with joint forces of the Serbian Government Office for KiM, the Diocese of Raška and Prizren and Zvečan municipality will start the construction of 225 - 300 typical houses, of 60 to 100 square meters.

A meeting between Serbian political representatives, ministers in the Government of Kosovo, Deputy PM, MPs and mayors of all ten municipalities with Serbian majority in Kosovo was held in Mitrovica North, with the aim to achieve a general consensus on the proposed law on the census in northern Kosovo. The meeting resulted in a common position that there are no political, legal, social and security conditions to hold a census.

During the visit to the Kosovo Privatization Agency, Kosovo Prime Minister Isa Mustafa said that the government will not interfere in the work of the Agency. "We support the work of the Agency and we are working to amend the law. The Agency is very important for the economic development and did an outstanding job in the release of the usurped property, "said Mustafa.

Following the Kosovo Assembly’s move to review the draft law on population census in the north of Kosovo, the European Commission (EC) has also stressed the need for the adoption of a law that would enable the process taking place in the four northern municipalities. The EC has encouraged Kosovo institutions to invite international observers to take part in the census, says a press release, the issued by the Ministry of European Integration and the EU Office.