The setting on fire of a Serbian house in Orahovac/Rahovec comes as a reaction to the visit of the Deputy Prime Minister of Kosovo Branimir Stojanovic and the Director of the Kosovo government’s Office for Communities Ivan Tomic, said Chairperson of the Provisional Body of this town, Golub Kujundzic.

Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic stated in Moscow that Serbia will never recognize Kosovo, even if this means not joining the EU as a consequence. “Serbia has ongoing negotiations with the EU and with Pristina and is making efforts for all in Kosovo to live in better conditions, and we have Russia’s support for this.

House owned by a Kosovo Serb, Toma Baljosevic, who was kidnapped and killed in 1998, was set on fire yesterday in Orahovac/Rahovec. The house was set on fire at the time of a visit of the Deputy Prime Minister of Kosovo Branimir Stojanovic. The fire was noticed by neighbors who called the firefighters.

The chairperson of the Provisional Body of Orahovac, Golut Kujundzic, said that it is pure luck that his house, which is next to the one set on fire, was not damaged.

The former EU special envoy for Kosovo, Wolfgang Petritsch, who was also the chief negotiator for EU talks on Kosovo in Rambouillet and Paris in 1999, says that the image of Pristina in tear gas smoke creates the idea that there is no political stability in Kosovo.

Serbia recognizing Kosovo "will remain the unfulfilled dream of Pristina separatists," Marko Djuric has said.

Reacting to statements by provincial officials, including the newly-elected President of Kosovo, Hashim Thaci, the Director of the Serbian Government's Office for Kosovo and Metohija said that "Belgrade and Serbia want to have truly good and stable relations with Pristina and all Albanians in the region."

Although Belgrade has not sent a request to the OSCE to organize parliamentary elections in Kosovo, some of the parties have begun preparations for the election campaign.

Officials of the Republic of Serbia claim that parliamentary elections will be held on the territory of Kosovo, but OSCE did not receive a formal request from the Republican Electoral Commission.

Based on official documents collected over the past year, several million euros "vanished from official records of two ministries over a 2-year period."

This is what the newly launched investigative journalism website insajder.net is reporting, adding its journalists submitted a request to 15 ministries under the law on free access to information of public importance, asking each to state the amount of money they set aside for Kosovo in the past four years.

Serbian Government’s Office for Kosovo and Metohija, in relation to the transport of dangerous material from Serbia proper to Kosovo, communicated that the matter is one being dealt by the experts’ discussions in Brussels.

According to Beqe Cufaj the number of news reports about Hashim Thaci’s election for president was minor and all the published reports mentioned organized crime, corruption, the time when he led rebels and the time he was under Rugova’s shadow. They especially mentioned Dick Marty’s report and the special court, which might even raise charges against Thaci.

Below find the opinion piece by the Ambassador of the United Kingdom to Kosovo, Ruairi O’Connell, published today in Zeri.

8th March is celebrated internationally as women's day.

I have to admit, the first time I spent 8 March in Kosovo, I was surprised by the tradition. The day is not really celebrated in Britain, and I had not seen this practiced before.

But I am glad that it is marked in Kosovo.