The Serbian list has the strength and the government in Pristina depends on the List, says President of the Serbian List Goran Rakić in the News of the Radio Television of Serbia.

He says that Serbian list will not blackmail that ''will not push a finger in the eyes of the Albanians'' but that they will be a stone in a shoe that will constantly remind Pristina of its obligations, Rakić told RTS.

The President of the Serb List Goran Rakić says that UNMIK is irreplaceable as an impartial arbiter of human rights in Kosovo, and that any further reduction or devaluation of that mission would go directly to the detriment of the Serbian people and all non-Albanian communities in the province.

- UNMIK is here and as a permanent reminder that Resolution 1244 is a politically alive document, which Kosovo and Metohija views as part of Serbia - said Rakić to Tanjug.

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Director of the Serbian Government Office for Kosovo, Marko Đurić had a meeting today in Belgrade with the representatives of the ten Serbian majority municipalities from Kosovo regarding the upcoming local elections in Kosovo and on “how significant it would be for the Srpska Lista to confirm and strengthen the political unity of Serbian people in those elections.”

President of the Serbian List Goran Rakić says that they are not afraid of possible new parliamentary elections in Kosovo, but that he will not speculate whether there will be the new ones.

- I would not speculate. We said that we are ready to participate, Rakić said in response to the question of whether the new parliamentary elections in Kosovo are possible.

Srpska Lista is not an ordinary political party, but an institution gathering all Serbs, who have Serbia in their hearts and the better life of Serbs in Kosovo as their priority, said Chair of the Srpska Lista, Goran Rakic, Danas daily reported.

He also underlined that Srpska Lista will take part in the forthcoming local elections as the only protector of Serbs and Serbia’s interests in Kosovo, with the strong support and full trust of the Serbian Government and President Aleksandar Vucic.

Serbian political representatives in Kosovo did not make any decision on entering into any coalition in the southern Serbian province, stated Chair of the Srpska Lista, Goran Rakic, adding that the eventual vote for the establishment of the presidency and the assembly bodies does not mean support for the establishment of the Kosovo Government.

Srpska Lista, in order to prevent ill-intended creation of a confusion in the public, emphasizes once more, that the Serb political representatives did not make a decision to enter into any coalition in Kosovo, Serbian media reported late yesterday.

Chair of Srpska Lista, Goran Rakic and Director of the Serbian Government Office for Kosovo, Marko Djuric met today in Belgrade, Serbian media reported.

Statement of the Office for Kosovo said the two officials spoke about the political situation in Kosovo and the position of the Srpska Lista in regard to the establishment of new government in Pristina.

Mayor of North Mitrovica Goran Rakić ​​issued a press statement early this morning in which he said that he was surprised by the statement of the EU Special Representative Nataliya Apostolova that the European Union was not responsible for the cancellation of financial assistance to North Mitrovica, but the local government.

Rakić called upon Apostolova to publish the complete documentation of the contract for the revitalization of the bridge and the construction of the building for the University in North Mitrovica.