Thousands of Serbs without telephone service-again

Serbs in their enclaves in central and southern Kosovo have been left again without landline and mobile telephone service.

Beta news agency reports that eighty thousand Serbs in Kosovo were left without mobile, and a few thousands without fixed telephony.

Kosovo Albanian authorities from Pristina escorted by Kosovo police during the weekend destroyed and shut down equipment of Telekom Srbija (Serbia's telecommunications company), claiming they "operated illegally".

Telekom said they would look to restore service as soon as they could, and rejected these accusations. The company's technical unit coordinator for Kosovo and Metohija, Ilija Ivanovic, said that Telekom operated in the province with a license.

"Telekom works in line with (UNSC) Resolution 1244," he was quoted as saying.

On Sunday, Ministry for Kosovo officials said that this development could have a negative impact on the forthcoming talks between Belgrade and Pristina.

Meanwhile, sunday night in Zvecan, in northern Kosovo, explosive devices were thrown in the backyards of Stojkovic family residence and Milisavljevic family house.

Regional spokesperson of the Kosovo police service Besim Hoti has stated that fortunately nobody was injured in those attacks, but two automobiles were damaged.

It is the second time in last two months that explosives have been thrown on the Milisavljevic house. According to Hoti, the situation is calm, but tense.