Serbian List Vice-President Igor Simic said today that pressures coming from different sides ahead of parliamentary elections in Kosovo cannot break the Serbian unity and that this would be visible in the October 6 elections.

Thus, reacting to a decision of Pristina institutions to ban the arrival of Serbian officials in Kosovo on the eve of the October 6 election, Simic said it would prove that pressure and violence ''could not be fruitful'' since the increased pressures would result in even bigger unity of Serbs.

The head of the list of candidates in front of the Serbian List Igor Simic told Belgrade based daily Politika that it is crucial for the list to win all 10 Serbian seats in the Assembly of Kosovo and warned that if the Albanians manage to plant a cuckoo in the nest and any of 'Trojan horses' wins a mandate, this would endanger the survival of the Serbian people.

Serbian List Vice President Igor Simic told Zvecan based TV Most that the CEC decision on vote in the upcoming election only with documents issued in Kosovo does not give Serbs the opportunity to elect their legitimate representatives.

Simic said that "it will definitely affect the number of Serbs who will be able to exercise their right to vote after the unlawful decision of the CEC, but also the unlawful decision of the Court in Pristina."

Assembly Committee on Rights and Interests of Communities and Return meeting was held last Friday in Pristina, TV Most reported.

The Pristina University with the seat in Mitrovica North was, is and will be part of the educational system of the Republic of Serbia, and there is no compromise about it, said Rade Grbic, Rector of the University.

The Serbian List MP in the Assembly of Kosovo, Igor Simic
says that none of the Serbian List MPs will vote on a law that would allow the
inclusion of that university into the Kosovo education system.

Kosovo police has reacted to the information that Pristina authorities launched “Steel Ring” action, Tanjug news agency reported. The action implies blockades on the roads and checks of people and vehicles.

Asked by Tanjug news agency if it is true that Pristina has activated police units in order to block the alternative roads from central Serbia and what is the reason for it,  the police spokesperson Baki Kelani responded “that there is nothing concrete” and the police works to prevent organized crime and smuggling, undertaking actions based on legal authorization.

Vice president of the Serbian List Igor Simic told TV Pink yesterday that Pristina was trying to break the resistance of Serbs in Kosovo by mounting new false charges, Serbian media quoted.

He said that it was mentioned that those were people from political life, that is, everyone marked by Pristina as someone who can lead the Serbian people.

Belgrade-based daily Vecernje Novosti in an article published on Monday, refutes claims of the Kosovo Prime Minister Ramush Haradinaj, who said that around 40 Serbs from Pomoravlje region applied to join the Kosovo army.

The daily further writes only two Serbs from the village of Gornje Kusce have applied. It also reported on a statement of Novo Brdo mayor Svetislav Ivanovic, who said that all Serb members of the Kosovo Security Forces (KSF) from the area have left the KSF last year, with exception of two or three officers.

Deputy leader of the Serbian List Igor Simic told Radio Television of Serbia that Kosovo President Hashim Thaci’s statement that he was prepared to revoke the 100 percent tariffs on Serbian goods is a fabrication.

Thaci told the Washington Post over the weekend that he is  "ready to consider lifting the tariffs if a clear way to proceed towards reaching a final peace agreement with Serbia is opened for Kosovo."

Mayors of the four northern municipalities in Kosovo and Metohija would resign today, Director of the Serbian Government Office for Kosovo and Metohija Marko Djuric said, according to the Serbian media.

Meanwhile, deputy chair of Srpska Lista, Igor Simic refuted this information, media continue.