Leader of the CI SDP Oliver Ivanović said that the influence of the Serbs would be even lesser after the elections in Kosovo. He added that he was not sure that there were individuals in the Serbian List with credibility sufficient for playing a serious role.
-The credibility of individuals required for a serious and active role for the Serbs has to be such that they are acknowledged by foreigners and Albanians, as well as the Serb community. Do we have people like that on the List? I am not so sure, said Ivanović to the regional TV station N1.

Civil Initiative SDP leader Oliver Ivanovic says the political parties, which participate in the early parliamentary elections, did not propose any program and he concludes that they were not chosen to implement a policy, but rather to listen.

Leader of the CI SDP Oliver Ivanović says that there is no doubt that the decision of the court in Colmar is political.

He told RTV KiM that from the beginning of the process he did not believe that Haradinaj's case will be solved by legal means.

"To me it seems that those deciding in the Court of Colmar cared more about what are the potential safety consequences. It is obvious that the threat with war gave the result," said Ivanović to RTV KIM.

Oliver Ivanović told Kontakt plus radio that he hopes that repeated court proceedings against him will be fair and efficient and that it will prove his innocence for the acts of which he was charged.

In the basic court in Mitrovica on Friday begins a retrial to Ivanović with presentation of opening statements of the prosecutor and the defense. The hearings are scheduled until the end of June.

International judge panel of the Basic Court in Mitrovica today ordered the house arrest for the leader of the CI SDP Oliver Ivanović.

Lawyer Nebojša Vlajić told reporters that the judge, president of EULEX panel of judges, made a decision on the abolishment of the prison custody and ordered house arrest for Ivanović.

Basic Court in Mitrovica today will consider a defense motion for the release of the Civic Initiative SDP leader Oliver Ivanović after the decision of the Court of Appeal to repeat the trial.

A decision will be made without the presence of the public.

Deputy Director of the Office for Kosovo and Metohija Dušan Kozarev said today that they successfully prevented attempts to undermine the political unity of the Serbian people in Kosovo and the coordination of the political representatives of Serbs with the Serbian government.

Leader of the CI SDP Oliver Ivanović told Večernje Novosti that he expects to be released on Wednesday, after three years of detention.

“Despite everything, I believe in justice and that truth always overpowers all injustices. I am pleased with the decision of the Court of Appeals of Kosovo, which reversed the first instance verdict for alleged war crimes, and I expect the termination of detention, but, above all, an acquittal” Oliver Ivanović said to Večernje Novosti.

Leader of the Citizens' Initiative SDP Oliver Ivanović says that he was arrested in order to have some "recognizable" Kosovo Serb charged with war crimes, but also for EULEX to improve its reputation among Albanians.

On the eve of today's hearing on the appeal against the verdict which sentenced Ivanovic to nine years in prison for war crimes, he told the daily Informer that his arrest should be viewed in light of "the great dissatisfaction of the Albanians'' due to the formation of the Special Court for war crimes.

The Court of Appeal of Kosovo scheduled for November 22nd one more, additional hearing in the case against the leader of the Civic Initiative SDP Oliver Ivanović.

Lawyer Nebojša Vlajić says that judges in the case want to investigate allegations of the defence that for the events for which Ivanovic has been sentenced, a lot of witnesses have testified during the proceedings which took place before the UNMIK court.