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Northern Kosovo Serbs to heed government call (Tanjug)

Following the Serbian government's decision to back the participation of the representatives of the Srpska electoral list in the Kosovo-Metohija legislative elections, a meeting has been held at which the conclusion was made that Serbs in northern Kosovo will heed the government's call to vote in Sunday's elections, the government Office for Kosovo-Metohija said in a statement.

Serbs in northern Kosovo will vote (Vesti)

Mayor of Leposavic/Leposaviq Dragan Jablanović confirmed on Wednesday that the northern Kosovo Serbs will participate in elections for the Kosovo Assembly, on Sunday, June 8th. Dragan Jablanović refused to answer why the mayors of the four municipalities in northern Kosovo changed their decision on participation in Sunday's elections. Director of the Office for Kosovo and Metohija Marko Djuric talked to them yesterday.  Jablanović on Tuesday said that the leaders of the four municipalities in northern Kosovo with Serbian majority decided not to invite the public to part

Northern mayor against participation in elections (Kim radio, B92)

Zubin Potok Mayor Stevan Vulović has said that it was his "personal stance" that Serbs should not take part in the election in Kosovo scheduled for June 8. 

"Priština is attempting, via all its institutions, to make the life meaningless for Serbs in Kosovo and Metohija, and it is my position, which does not mean it will be our final position - that under these conditions we will not participate in the election," Vulović told Beta. 

Serbs south of the Ibar/Ibër River to go to the polls, but not from the north (Politika)

Mitrovica - Serbs south of the Ibar/Ibër River will go to the polls in early parliamentary elections on June 8th, while their compatriots from the north, because of the conditions imposed by Pristina, will not, unofficially learns Politika. Representatives of the Serbian list from northern Kosovo say that they cannot go to the polls under the conditions which require threshold of 70 000 for the 11th mandate, where the ballots are with the insignia of the state of Kosovo, and where procedure on election boards is violated.

Northerners wait for the “order” from Serbia on 8 June elections (Koha)

Serbs from the north have frozen all their election activities due to their dissatisfaction with some of the decisions of Central Election Commission, and it remains unknown if they will participate in Kosovo’s general elections that will be held on Sunday. Concerns of the northerners are related mainly to the symbols of the Republic of Kosovo on the ballots, number of the voters outside Kosovo, guaranteed seats and composition of the election councils in the areas with Serb majority.

Pristina is trying to discourage Serbs from voting (Tanjug)

BELGRADE - Head of the Serbian parliament committee on Kosovo Milovan Drecun believes Pristina is interpreting the election law in Kosovo in a way that is unacceptable in order to discourage the Kosovo Serbs from voting in the election on June 8. Pristina's bad intention is clear, as well as its attempt to influence the situation that will come about after the next parliament is formed, in which the Serbs have only 10 guaranteed seats, he told TV Pink. Should the Serbs get more seats, it will not be possible to impose decisions that go against the Serbs' interest, as in the case of the attem

OSCE: Boycott can be avoided by understanding north’s situation (Koha)

On the front page, the paper runs an interview with the head of the OSCE mission in Kosovo, Jean-Claude Schlumberger, who is quoted as saying that in order to avoid a boycott of the elections in the north, all outstanding issues need to be resolved before 8 June. He also stressed the importance of constructive engagement and understanding the historical situation in the north. “This would be the best recipe to ensure participation and avoid a boycott”, said Ambassador Schlumberger.

Srpska’s boycott threat reflects a fear of losing (Zëri)

Mayors of Serb-majority municipalities held a joint meeting in Mitrovica and warned that conditions for the participation of Serbs in the 8 June elections have not yet been met. Mayors Goran Rakic (Mitrovica North), Dragan Jablanovic (Leposavic/Leposaviq), Stevan Vulovic (Zubin Potok), Dragan Nikolic (Partesh/Partes), Gradimir Mikic (Ranilug/Ranillug), and Srecko Spasic (Kllokot/Klokot), said the basic principles of democracy and European values are still being violated.