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Serbian: Kosovo and Vucic

serbian: Waving Serbian flags, hundreds of people cheered Vucic as he arrived in the Serb-dominated, northern part of the former Serbian province that declared independence in 2008, according to Metro News. Serbia has refused to recognize the statehood of the majority ethnic Albanian Kosovo and maintains strong influence in Serb-populated areas, mostly in the north. Amid tight security, Aleksandar Vucic paid a visit to Kosovo that officials said was designed to ease concerns among Kosovo Serbs following the slaying Tuesday of one of their leading politicians, Oliver Ivanovic. Upon arrival, Vucic first visited an Orthodox Serbian monastery before laying a wreath at the site of the attack on Ivanovic in the divided town of Mitrovica. We will do all we can to solve decades- and centuries-old disputes, to secure a lasting peace and security for each ethnic Albanian and Serbian family. Serbia not only wants peace, but will do its best to preserve it, Vucic said in Banjska. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.