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Kosovska Mitrovica: The Kosovo Serbs’ provisional parliament will be formed by June 15. The announcement was made in Kosovska Mitrovica on Friday.

Belgrade: The Serbian Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremic said yesterday that he was convinced that the policy towards Kosovo after formation of a new government would be one of continuity. He added that he did not expect a single aspect of that policy to change.

Belgrade: The Prime Ministerial adviser Aleksandar Simic yesterday said that the SAA is legally non-existent, because there is no harmony of wills between the two signatories.

Belgrade: The legal analysis of the SAA is not an obstacle in forming a governing coalition with the SPS, said the DSS leader Vojislav Kostunica yesterday. However, he urged the Socialist Party of Serbia (SPS) to make its views clear on the matter.

The Serbian Minister of Education – Zoran Loncar, DSS, yesterday walked out of an informal conference of European education ministers in Oslo.

Pristina: The UNMIK Chief Joachim Ruecker yesterday said that he would leave Kosovo after June. The UNMIK Chief also indirectly confirmed that his successor, who will also hold the post of the UN secretary-general’s special representative, will not have the same powers as him or the once traditional UN special representative.

Pristina: The President of the Kosovo Constitutional Commission and the President of the National Anthem Working Group, Hajredin Kuqi yesterday confirmed that agreement on the proposal was reached in the working group with both MPs and members of the Kosovo Assembly Presidency.

Belgrade: The Serbian Parliamentary Speaker Oliver Dulic is likely to hold consultations with all the parliamentary parties before the end of the week, say the unofficial reports.

Novi Sad: The European Parliament (EP) Rapporteur for Serbia  stated yesterday that no-one was setting Belgrade recognition of Kosovo independence as a condition for EU entry.

Caglavica: The Serbs – Milos Stojanovic and Milomir Stojanovic – from Gnjilane were fined EUR 250 for wearing t-shirts with the message – “Kocobo Je Cpbnja” meaning “Kosovo is Serbia”.