Representatives of the Student’s parliament in North Mitrovica and those of the NGO organization ‘Serbs for Serbs’ were prevented last night from delivering humanitarian aid to the Hospital in North Mitrovica at the administrative crossing Jarinje since a transportation vehicle didn’t have a license issued by Kosovo authorities.

Mayors of North and South Mitrovica, Goran Rakic and Agim Bahtiri, accompanied by the head of the Administrative Office in North Mitrovica, Adrijana Hodzic,, yesterday discussed the overall situation in Mitrovica and continuation of cooperation on matters of mutual interest for all citizens of Mitrovica.

Mitrovica mayor, Agim Bahtiri met with the mayor of Mitrovica North municipality, Goran Rakic and head of the Administrative Office in the north, Adriana Hodzic.

 During this meeting which lasted almost three hours, they discussed the general situation in both parts of the city, assessing that the current security situation is calm and with tendency to relax further. They also discussed continuance of the cooperation on the issues of joint interests for Mitrovica people.

Around 9,000 persons are unemployed in North Mitrovica, whereas most needed ones are those who finished pharmacists and radiologists.

Most of the 8.646 unemployed are with the secondary education, 56 per cent of them. The head of the Department for Employment and Carrier Planning Mihajlo Petković stated that the most needed profile is of those who finished pharmaceutics, who are most look for by employers, and  radiologists.

Agreement on distribution of medicines produced in Serbia proper was presented today in North Mitrovica.

“This is important for all citizens of Kosovo, pharmacies, entrepreneurs, producers of medicines and wholesale medicines providers in Serbia proper in the light of recently signaled measures of support for investments and business in Kosovo and Metohija,” said Belgrade’s Liaison Officer with Pristina and Deputy Director of the Serbian Government’s Office for Kosovo and Metohija, Dejan Pavicevic.

Civic Initiative SDP Olvier Ivanovic communicated that the Court of Appeal in Pristina has once more defeated law and justice with its latest decision not to allow CE SDP leader Oliver  Ivanovic to be released pending the court decision and to re-instate detention to Aleksandar Lazovic and Nebojsa Vujacic,.

The Kosovo Police in Mitrovica arrested three Albanian youths on Wednesday evening. Unidentified sources told the news site that the youths were planning to replace the Serbian flag with an Albanian flag on the Mitrovica castle. Police seized arms and Albanian and Serbian flags from the suspects. A Kosovo Police spokesperson, who confirmed the information, appealed to all citizens, especially to parents of youths, to watch out for any action that can cause tensions or threaten the security situation and people’s lives.

Three armed Albanian teenagers were arrested yesterday after 6 PM, following the incident between them and a group of Serb youngsters in North Mitrovica. A gun, two knives, protection mask, scarf and flag of the so called greater Albanian were found in their possession.

Kosovo-based media in the Albanian language report that official Pristina and international community are hiding the fact that signing of the agreement on creation of the integrated Albanian-Serbian judiciary in Kosovo was futile work and that joint courts and prosecutors office will not take place in the near future.

Agreement on judiciary was signed on 10 February in Brussels by prime ministers of Serbia and Kosovo, Aleksandar Vucic and Isa Mustafa. Integrated judiciary is due to become operational as of 1 September.

Only one application has been submitted so far for the prosecutors’ post in North Mitrovica following the vacancy published in accordance with the agreement on judiciary. The deadline for applications expires on 25 May.

Prosecutorial and Judicial councils of Kosovo have published vacancies on 25 March for Serb prosecutors and judges, 15 prosecutors and 48 judges, with conditions such as that the applicant has to be ‘the citizen of Kosovo’ and to have a valid university diploma recognized by Kosovo laws.