Allocation of funds for integration of RAE community, delayed (Koha)
The action plan for integration of Roma, Ashkali and Egyptian (RAE) community which was endorsed by Prizren Municipal Assembly two years ago, remains unimplemented due to the non-allocation of funds from the municipal budget, foreseen in the document. Therefore, the Municipal Office for Communities and Return (MOCR) in Prizren, addressed a request to the executive […]
Read More →Serbs in south to be called on to participate in polls (Beta)
Representatives of the Srpska election list south of the Ibar River in Kosovo will invite people to go to the polls on June 8, it was reported late on Tuesday. At the same time, those from the same list in the north will not continue to campaign. Mayor of Gračanica Branimir Stojanović told Beta that […]
Read More →EU doors “open to all Western Balkan states” (B92)
VIENNA — Austria’s FM Sebastian Kurz has said that 100 years since the beginning of the First World War “we must work together to create a common European future.” The EU enlargement is of great importance not only to countries that aspire to become EU members, but also to its member-states, he was quoted as […]
Read More →Remains of at least 34 persons exhumed at Rudnica (Tanjug)
BELGRADE – The remains of at least 34 persons have been exhumed so far from a gravesite at the Rudnica quarry in the municipality of Raska, southwestern Serbia, the Serbian government’s Commission on Missing Persons stated on Tuesday. A number of exhumed remains are undergoing forensic processes and identification by a team of forensic scientists […]
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STORIES FROM LOCAL PRESS
• Vucic: Talks on Kosovo elections (RTS)
• Nikolic with Lidington on participation of Serbs in Kosovo elections (Politika/Radio Serbia)
• Serbs south of the Ibar will vote, but not those in north Kosovo and Metohija (Politika)
• Vulovic: No conditions for elections in Kosovo and Metohija (Beta)
• Djuric: Government to do everything to return displaced Serbs to Kosovo and Metohija (Tanjug)
• Dacic: Serbia committed to admission to the EU (Beta)
• Gasic with UN representatives on estimates of flood damages (Tanjug)
STORIES FROM REGIONAL PRESS
• Bevanda: Problem of not passing the law has been ongoing for over a year (Srna)
• Austrian government to donate 500,000 Euros to Serbia and B&H respectively (Oslobodjenje)
RELEVANT ARTICLES FROM INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SOURCES
• Vucic Tells Kosovo Serbs Not to Boycott Election (BIRN)
• Serbian PM demands OSCE apology over allegations of censorship (Reuters)
• Big Promises, Few Details, in Kosovo Election Campaign (BIRN)
• Kosovo: time for a restart between Pristina and the north? (SwissInfo)
• Coal-Fired Plant in Kosovo Tests World Bank Clean-Air Pledge (Bloomberg)
• Serbian University Denies Interior Minister ‘Plagiarism’ (BIRN)
General elections, a barometer of state maturity (RTKlive)
Based on the up to date campaign, the general elections to be held on 8 June, are the most represented and dynamic in the 15 year history of the free elections in Kosovo, and as such, they will be under a close monitoring of the population and the international community. This will be another test […]
Read More →31 bodies exhumed from Rudnica mass grave (Koha Ditore)
The paper reports on the front page that the mortal remains of 31 victims from the Kosovo conflict have been exhumed from the Rudnica mass grave in Serbia. Arsim Gërxhaliu, director of the Forensics Department at the Kosovo Ministry of Justice, told the paper that they will soon perform autopsies on the victims. He also […]
Read More →APA: Hashim Thaci to be prime minister again (Kosova Sot)
The Austrian News Agency (APA) has quoted reports of the daily paper Tiroler Tageszeitung which said that the outgoing prime minister of Kosovo, Hashim Thaci, has a good chance to win Sunday’s elections. “Compared to the charismatic Thaci, Isa Mustafa from the Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK) cannot hope to become prime minister of Kosovo,” […]
Read More →27,733 monitors for June elections (Botapress)
The Central Election Commission (CEC) has reported that all election preparations have been completed. The total number of monitors in the elections is 27,733. “The ballot-printing process has been finalized, and all election materials are of high quality, as they were in the 2013 local elections”, says an announcement from the CEC.
Read More →ECAP rejects 9,000 complaints (Kosova Sot)
The Election Complaints and Appeals Panel (ECAP) is reported to have reviewed all complaints, and out of 9,172, only 206 were approved. The rest have been rejected as being groundless. The head of ECAP, Shukri Sylejmani, said the panel reviewed all cases individually and professionally and managed to decide on them before the legal deadline. […]
Read More →CEC: Serbs can get more than 10 seats (Tribuna)
The Central Election Commission (CEC) has approved an instruction detailing procedures for allocating seats at the Kosovo Assembly following the 8 June elections. It specifies that there is a possibility for the Serb community to gain more than the 10 reserved seats if their parties manage to win more than 80,000 votes. The same principle […]
Read More →Leposaviq/Leposavic boycotts elections (Lajm)
The municipality of Leposaviq/Leposavic will boycott Kosovo’s 8 June parliamentary elections. This municipality’s leaders said that the necessary conditions for elections are not in place. Also, political parties and candidates will not be allowed to campaign in the territory of the Leposaviq/Leposavic municipality.
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