The paper reports in a front-page story that the Serb minority in Kosovo is waiting for instructions from Belgrade before they decide whether or not to participate in Kosovo’s parliamentary elections on 8 June. Despite highlighting the importance of elections, senior Serbian officials have yet to call on Kosovo Serbs to take part in them. Marko Djuric, director of the Serbian Government’s Office for Kosovo, said on Monday in Gracanica that Serbs need to listen to recommendations from mayors and members of the Serbian Parliament and the Assembly of Kosovo about their participation in elections. After visiting the Gracanica Monastery, Djuric said, “We heard your reservations about the provisional institutions and the behavior of Pristina and the Central Election Commission (CEC); but we won’t allow their actions to damage the Serbian state and our national interests in Kosovo.” Djuric pledged he would cooperate with the European Union and other international partners to facilitate the sustainable return of internally displaced persons and to secure the highest social, economic and political rights for Serbs living in Kosovo. He also said that the association of Serb majority municipalities would be one of Serbia’s priorities. Representatives of civil society organizations in Pristina that monitor elections said Serbs made a hasty decision by suspending their election activities. Representatives of the organization “Democracy in Action” called on Serb political parties to raise their concerns with the CEC and the Election Claims and Appeals Panel.