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Kosovo: Police seized two cell phones to a member of the Central Election Commission (Danas, FoNet)

Belgrade based daily Danas reports that police in Pristina yesterday seized two mobile phones without a reason from a member of the Central Election Commission, a representative of the Serb List, Stevan Veselinovic.

Daily Danas reports, quoting Kosovo based portal Kosovo online, that that his lawyer, Negovan Saranovic, explained that the allegations made by some Pristina media were incorrect that Veselinovic had recorded the vote counting in the premises of the Ministry of Infrastructure by phone.

Vujicic: Party New Power (Nova Snaga) to support the Serbian List (Kosovo Online, KIM radio, Slobodno Srpski)

The president of the Association of Montenegrins of Kosovo, Slobodan Vujicic, said in the Free Serbian broadcast that this association, as well as the political party New Power, of which Vujicic was president until a few days ago, would support the Serbian List in the upcoming parliamentary elections, as he said , the state project of Serbia.

20 months since Ivanovic’s assassination: Investigation at a standstill, SDP in tumble (KoSSev)

Twenty months after the assassination of CI SDP leader, Oliver Ivanovic, his murder remains unsolved, while Ivanovic’s political legacy in the form of his civic initiative is facing paramount challenges threatened to end up with final collapse. In early September, the news that Oliver Ivanovic’s longtime associate and party colleague Ksenija Bozovic, along with another less known SDP member, Svetislav Jokic, would be joining the Serbian List in the upcoming parliamentary elections in Kosovo, shook the public. Two CI SDP councilors in the North Mitrovica MA, Dusan Milunovic and Igor Rajcic, r

Vucic: They boycott elections in Belgrade but not in Pristina (Beta, N1)

Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said that those who boycott the elections in Belgrade are not doing that in Pristina because, as he said, “the conditions seem to be perfect over there.”

He thanked the Serbs who showed support to the Serbian List, which runs in the Kosovo elections, and he added that a lot of pressure was exerted on all others to run only to seize votes from the Serb List.

People’s movement from Kosovo ‘Fatherland’ calls for boycott of elections in Serbia and Kosovo (KIM radio, N1, Beta)

The Fatherland (Otazbina) People’s Movement of Kosovo Serbs says that it would boycott, as they say, “false elections” announced the beginning of 2020 and called the Kosovo Serbs and displaced persons not to turn out to vote.

The movement is a member of the Serbian opposition Alliance for Serbia (SzS).

Tadic: ''I fear the opposition serve to the international community only to legitimise the Kosovo’s independence'' (FoNet, N1)

Boris Tadic, Serbia’s former President, said on Thursday he favoured the election boycott for now, but added that all aspects of the decision should be taken in account, the FoNet agency reported.

Tadic, who was former head of state, from 2004 to 2012, and now is the leader of the opposition Social-Democratic Party (SDS), said the mobilisation for the boycott demanded “higher level of organisation (within the opposition) than during election campaigns.”

Opposition party leader Jeremic says he will boycott elections in Serbia and Kosovo (Danas, Beta, N1)

Opposition People’s Party (NS) leader Vuk Jeremic told Belgrade daily Danas that there is no time left to negotiate with the authorities about the elections coming in the spring of 2020, adding that a boycott does not mean running from a fight.

“On the contrary, it is the most honest form of battle for the benefit of the citizens,” he said.

Trajkovic: Coalition of Serbs from Kosovo will not be established today, talks underway (BETA, Danas, KoSSev)

President of European Serb Movement from Kosovo, Rada Trajkovic confirmed to BETA news agency that the talks on establishing a coalition of parties, organizations and individuals from the Serb community in Kosovo are underway, and refuted information that the establishment would become official today, August 5. “Preparations and talks with Serb representatives from Kosovo, diplomatic representatives and inhabitants are underway,” Trajkovic told BETA news agency. Pristina-based portal Kosovo-Online earlier reported that the establishment of a wide collation of parties, organizations and indiv

More meetings between Serbian authorities and opposition to come (BETA, TV N1)

The Open Society Foundation and Belgrade University Political Sciences Faculty (FPN) said on Wednesday that they would continue organizing meetings between representatives of the Serbian authorities and opposition to discuss elections, TV N1 reports. A press release said the next meetings would focus on the financing of election campaigns, access to the media, electoral rolls and election administration and securing the right to vote to all eligible citizens. The press release, signed by Foundation Executive Director Milan Antonijevic and FNP Dean Dragan Simic, said that the participants in