A vehicle with Belgrade license plates burned in Mitrovica North (Kosova Press)
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.
Detention extended to Oliver Ivanovic for another two months (KoSSev)
Detention to Oliver Ivanovic was extended yesterday for another two months, communicated Ivanovic’s party CI SDP ‘Oliver Ivanovic’ on its official Facebook and Twitter accounts commenting it as ‘shameful’. Ivanovic is in detention as of 27 January 2014.
Former MUP members to block police station and EULEX in the north (KosovaPress)
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.
Still without a Safe House in Mitrovica (Kontakt Plus Radio)
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.
Djuric: Respectable number of Serbs in north KiM judiciary (Tanjug, Politika)
Marko Đurić in North Mitrovica today (KoSSev)
The Director of the Serbian Government’s Office for Kosovo and Metohija, Marko Đurić, is due to open a multimedia center today at students’ dormitory in North Mitrovica, carried Office for Kosovo and Metohija.
“The Center occupies a surface of 500 square meters with the cinema, gym, conference center, internet and other services important for improving students’ education and recreation. Total investment amounting to RSD 12,5 million is funded by the Students Center,” writes a communiqué.Health Center in North Mitrovica lacks medicine (KoSSev)
The biggest problem of the Health Center in North Mitrovica is poor supply with drugs, caused by the strict control of the import of medicine and sanitary material at crossing Jarinje, between northern Kosovo and Serbia proper. Deputy Director of the Health Center, Zlatan Elek, said that the biggest problem of that institution is procurement of drugs and explained that drugs, which are imported through Jarinje, are blocked and kept there due to custom taxes amounting from 10 to 27 per cent. A company that is importing drugs and medical equipment in northern Ko
Trial to Oliver Ivanovic and four other Serbs resumes today (Danas)
The trial to Oliver Ivanovic, Dragoljub Delibasic, Ilija Vujacic, Nebojsa Vujacic and Aleksandar Lazovic will resume today at the Basic Court in North Mitrovica. A main witness in trial against Ivanovic, with regard to events from April 1999, is supposed to give his testimony today. “This is probably the most important day for the trial against Ivanovic, the defense is completely ready. A witness, in our view, gave a false statements and didn’t say the truth in the course of investigation.