A Kosovo Serb politician was kept by members of the Serbian Ministry of Internal Affairs at the Merdare crossing for an hour, and then he was allowed to continue his journey, reports portal Kossev quoting Caglavica based portal New press production.

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Based on the Law on the Use of Languages, Albanian and Serbian have equal status in Kosovo institutions. However, in practice very often this law is not applied, reports Gracanica based portal gracanicaonline.info.

The journalists who follow the work of the Assembly are faced with a big problem because they do not have a translation if there are no Serb deputies in the room.

International organizations’ reports treat Kosovo as a partially free society for the work of journalists, Editor-in-Chief of RTV KIM, Goran Avramovic said in a broadcast “Sporazum”.

However, I agree with such assessment only if we are looking reality through “pink glasses,” which is often the case in international organizations’ reports, Avramovic added.

"The Albanians gained what they wanted with Kosovo's independence, but they did not fulfil their expectations nor they have justified the assistance given to them," Nexhmedin Spahiu told Radio Television KiM (RTV KiM).

Analyst Nexhmedin Spahiu said in a statement to RTV KiM that Albanians in Kosovo by declaring independence got the state, as well as "recognition from the greater part of the world", but, as he said, they did not recognize themselves.

“We hope the elections would run peacefully and regularly,” said the OSCE Mission in Kosovo, that would have its members present in the four northern municipalities in Kosovo, RTV KiM reported.

The OSCE Mission in Kosovo would have 220 people present in the four northern municipalities of Mitrovica North, Zvecan, Zubin Potok and Leposavic, OSCE Spokesperson, Senad Sabovic said to RTV KiM.

“The framework and the format would remain the same as in June 2017. Everything is ready from our side, all technical preparations and training of the personnel were done,” he added.

In an interview with the Serbian language RTV KiM, USA Ambassador Greg Delawie spoke about local elections in Kosovo, demarcation, Association of Serb Majority Municipalities and other topics relevant for Kosovo.

Full interview transcript is available at: https://xk.usembassy.gov/ambassador-delawies-interview-rtv-kim/