Vladeta Kostic strongly criticized the attitude of the presidency of Kosovo and President Atifete Jahjaga to guaranteed rights of Serbs to use their native language. "It is unacceptable and scandalous that the President of Kosovo, who claims that is fluent in Serbian, Orthodox believers and Orthodox Christmas called 'ortodoksima' (used English word instead Serbian).

PRISTINA - Kosovo's Central Election Commission (CEC) published Tuesday the final results of the January 18 snap mayoral election in the Serb-majority town of Gracanica in central Kosovo-Metohija. The new mayor will be Vladeta Kostic, the candidate fielded by the Citizens' Initiative Srpska. According to the CEC results, Kostic received 64.83 percent of the vote, or 4,784 votes in total. The snap election for mayor of Gracanica was held because former mayor Branimir Stojanovic had been appointed to the post of deputy prime minister of Kosovo.