114 Vetevendosje activists and supporters have landed in jail again while blocking the road for Serbia's delegations visiting Kosovo on Vidovdan. Among them is also a member of parliament, his party's only representative. According to RTK, Kostunica was invited by Bishop Artemije to rekindle the hope of Serbs that Kosovo will remain "Serb Jerusalem." Kostunica made it to Gracanica later in the day, where he took the liberty to raise the nationalistic fervor of the aproximately 1,000 gathered Serbs.

There is no better and more important place to repeat that which every Serb should know: Kosovo has and always will be part of Serbia.

This is a slap in the face of PM Ceku and UNMIK, who have tried to paint the visit as personal and religous in nature.

Another high Orthodox cleric, Metropolitan of Montenegro and the Littoral Amphilohije stated today that independence would turn Kosovo into a "long-term powder keg, not only for the Balkans, but for all of Europe." He told Montenegrin daily "Dan" that the "most optimal" solution for Kosovo would be staying within Serbia, with the highest possible autonomy and with the highest guarantes of all human rights for all of its citizens.

Why do Serb clerics delve into politics and then play naive when they find themselves targets of political repercussions?
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PM Ceku will maintain his government intact. According to him, the work has been satisfactorily. This is a sad day for the political developments in Kosovo. Not only there were no changes, but the local elections due to be held at the end of summer were postoponed 3-6 months after the status resulution. The trend has been for the three major national parties to lose some support to the smaller, more local parties. However, and despite the outrage about the suspected corruption of government ministers, a Gallup/Index Kosova poll showed that a LDK in disarray, the major coalition partner, had actually gained support, with the opposition ORA and PDK faring worse than their previous numbers.
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On a happier note, Contact Groups members consider that the 13 mini-standards set to the Kosovo government for immediate work have mostly been fulfilled.