Head of Pelagicevo Municipality also barred from entering Kosovo

The Head of the Municipality of Pelagicevo, Slavko Tesic, has been barred from entering Kosovo, where he was due to attend the Vidovdan observance in Gracanica.

Speaking to Kosovo Online, Tesic said he had been turned back at the Merdare administrative crossing.

"About fifteen minutes ago, we arrived at the Merdare administrative crossing. This is the third time I have come to Kosovo and Metohija. I must say that a certain degree of hostility was evident from the very beginning. We submitted our documents as usual, and after about ten minutes, a uniformed officer came out and asked me to come inside to inform me that I could not enter the territory of the Autonomous Province of Kosovo and Metohija for reasons which, as he said, were unknown even to him," Tesic said.

He added that he had not been informed of the reason for the entry ban.

Tesic stressed that he had never previously encountered any problems when traveling to Kosovo.

He was accompanied by the director of the local Tourist Organization, one of his associates, and a driver, all of whom were allowed to enter Kosovo.

Earlier, the New Serbian Democracy announced that the Mayor of Niksic, Marko Kovacevic, had also been denied entry to Kosovo.

"By today's decision to prohibit the entry of the Mayor of Niksic and Vice President of our party, Marko Kovacevic, the authorities in Pristina, led by the outgoing politician Albin Kurti, who is today regarded by the international community as the principal factor of instability in the Western Balkans, have once again confirmed their clear anti-Serb policy," the NSD said in a statement.