• Elections a good opportunity for integration of communities (Lajm) • Poll: PDK in the lead, Vetevendosje and AKR gaining (Tribuna) • Cliff: Manipulations like those of 2010 would be a setback for Kosovo (Koha) • Kosovo has slipped shamefully into corruption (Zeri) • Daka: Election campaigns proceeding normally (Epoka e Re) • Mustafa: Belgrade negotiates with Pristina because it needs EU (Bota Sot)

• The north is not giving in (Zëri) • Leposaviq/Leposavic boycotts elections (Lajm) • CEC: Serbs can get more than 10 seats (Tribuna) • ECAP rejects 9,000 complaints (Kosova Sot) • 27,733 monitors for June elections (Botapress) • APA: Hashim Thaci to be prime minister again (Kosova Sot) • 31 bodies exhumed from Rudnica mass grave (Koha Ditore)

• Serbs waiting for instructions from Belgrade (Koha Ditore) • Lidington: Serbs should vote on 8 June (Lajm) • Parties hide funds (Lajm) • Mustafa: I will personally lead dialogue with Serbia (RTK) • Germany has no disagreements with Kosovo (Kosova Sot) • 25 bodies exhumed so far from Raska mass grave (Tribuna) • Lumezi scores highest for position of state chief prosecutor (Koha Ditore)

• OSCE: Boycott can be avoided by understanding north’s situation (Koha) • Cliff: Kosovo needs new political faces (Zëri) • Germany does not interfere in Kosovo’s governance (Tribuna) • Rexhepi: Parties should demonstrate maturity on 8 June (Epoka e Re) • Srpska’s boycott threat reflects a fear of losing (Zëri) • “Thieves” of 8 June to face up to 5 years in prison (Botapress) • There will be no delays in visa liberalization (Lajm)

Interruption of election campaign in the north, a Serb game (Kosovapress) Northern Kosovo Serb political representatives have rejected the symbol of the "state of Kosovo" on ballots for upcoming parliamentary elections and as a result have ceased their election campaigns in the four northern municipalities. Citizens and political analysts in southern and northern Mitrovica believe the decision by Serb leaders is just a game, that they are trying to gain more privileges and that ultimately they will take part in the elections. Mitrovica-based political analyst Nexhmedin Spah