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The local economists say that the food prices that have risen an alarming 50 percent since the start of this year in Kosovo, represents a heavy burden for citizens. They feel that the sudden price hikes could cause a social crisis in Kosovo.

The election material sent to Kosovo, which the UNMIK had previously confiscated, was released yesterday. The UNMIK customs said yesterday that the election material, which included UV lamps, ballot boxes, spray bottles and partitions for polling stations, had no customs value and was therefore returned.

According to reports, NATO has started reviewing its peacekeeping operation in Kosovo after the unilateral secession declaration.

Pristina: Saying it will secure stability in the region, the former guerrilla leader of the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) and former prime minister of Kosovo, Ramush Haradinaj yesterday welcomed the signing of the Stabilization and Association Agreement (SAA) between Serbia and the EU.

The entire shipment of Russian humanitarian aid arrived in Kosovo-Metohija yesterday, reported the Red Cross secretary in Kosovo-Metohija Dragisa Murganic. He said that food products arrived today and the aid was distributed to all Red Cross centres in the province.

Pristina: The progress has been made in Kosovo; the province’s constitution will come into force on June 15, stated the UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in an interview yesterday.

Pristina: Special four member team of UN investigators was set up yesterday to look into the circumstances and events that led to the violence in northern Kosovo on March 17.

Albin Kurti, the leading activist behind VETËVENDOSJE! – the group in Kosovo which opposes the United Nations administration in the province and campaigns for the independence of Kosovo as part of a Kosovo Albanian right of self-determination, yesterday called on the Kosovo institutions to block the Serbian elections.

Pristina: Loads of opinions and views were expressed when the Serbian President Boris Tadic yesterday arrived in Kosovo to attend midnight Easter liturgy in High Decani monastery in Kosovo.

The Kosovo’s President, Fatmir Sejdiu, yesterday reacted to Serbian President Boris Tadic announcement that he will visit the province this weekend, saying Tadic can visit Kosovo as private citizen. Sejdiu, who was in Prizren, said that President Boris Tadic’s tour of the Serb-inhabited areas “will have a private character”.