Pristina - A European Union mission designed to oversee law enforcement in volatile Kosovo will begin operations on December 9, a week later than planned, a spokesman said Tuesday.

"We are ready, but there is some fine tuning to be settled first," said Viktor Reuter, spokesman for the Eulex mission, referring to wrangling between Belgrade, Pristina, the EU and UN.

Pristina - Kosovo's Supreme Court decided on Thursday to hand over the case of three Germans suspected of bombing an international office in Pristina to an international judge.

The Germans, allegedly intelligence agents, were arrested in connection with the November 14 bombing of the European Union representative office in Pristina.

Kosovo officials said Wednesday night that they may be released due to a lack of evidence. A special panel of Kosovo's Supreme Court had been set on Thursday to decide whether or not they will be released.

Pristina - An unknown Albanian group on Thursday claimed responsibility for a bomb attack on a European Union office in Kosovo earlier this month and warned of attacks against the Serb minority.

Three Germans, allegedly Berlin's intelligence agents, were arrested in connection with the November 14 bombing of the EU office, but were expected to be released Thursday due to lack of evidence.

Pristina - United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon's plan for a revised European Union mission in Kosovo was unacceptable and irrelevant for Pristina, Prime Minister Hashim Thaci said Tuesday.

Ban's plan was agreed with Belgrade, which insists that Kosovo is Serbian soil, although Kosovo declared independence this year and was recognized by 52 countries, including the US and most EU states.

Pristina - The three Germans arrested in connection with a bomb attack on European Union offices in Pristina were not registered as intelligence agents, Kosovo President Fatmir Sejdiu said Monday.

"I have no information on their accreditation. They could have entered Kosovo in a private capacity," he said, declining to comment further on the case while an investigation is in progress.

The Germans were arrested last week as suspects in the bombing of the office of the EU's representative in Kosovo. Nobody was injured when a device containing 300 grams of TNT was thrown at the building.

Pristina - Tens of thousands of demonstrators marched in the Kosovar capital of Pristina Wednesday in protest at a United Nations plan they see as a step toward the partition of Kosovo.

The crowd of some 30,000 assembled to back their leaders' refusal of the plan for the deployment of a European Union law-enforcing mission endorsed by Serbia.

Kosovo declared independence from Serbia in February and was recognized by 52 nations, including the US and most of the EU, but Belgrade launched a diplomatic fight to reverse the process.

Kosovo has a 90-per cent Albanian majority, but the northern section is dominated by Serbs.