„I urge all our citizens, all our compatriots in the north of Kosovo and Metohija, in the municipalities of Kosovska Mitrovica, Zvecan, Zubin Potok, Leposavic, to go to the polls and to vote for Srpska Lista.

The Central Election Commission accredited today 464 observers for the upcoming elections for mayors of four municipalities in the North, reports KIM radio.

Early elections will be held on Sunday for mayors of four municipalities in the north of Kosovo, which will be followed by 464 observers from two political parties, two international missions, European Commission, two diplomatic missions, twelve embassies, one international non-governmental organization, four local NGOs and fifteen media, said today CEC.

It's important that mayoral elections in four municipalities in the north of Kosovo take place without incidents and in a democratic atmosphere.

The director of the Serbian government's Office for Kosovo and Metohija, Marko Djuric, said this on Monday in Belgrade in conversation with the head of the OSCE mission in Kosovo, Jan Braathu.

Elections for the mayors of four municipalities will be held on Sunday in the north of Kosovo, RTS reports. In the next five days, candidates will have the right to hold rallies and present themselves to voters.

Zoran Todic, a Serbian List candidate for Mayor of Leposavic municipality told RTS that the elections are organized in an atmosphere of fear and uncertainty. He invited all citizens who have the right to vote to go to the polls.

The candidates of the Serbian List will be able to take part in the elections for the presidents of the municipalities in the Kosovo north, because the appeal they filed has been accepted, Belgrade based news agency Tanjug reported.

The CEC's Appeal Panel in Pristina adopted the appeal of the Serbian List, whose candidates were not confirmed yesterday.

Former Kosovo Minister and member of the Serbian List Ivan Todosijevic told Zvecan based TV Most that he expected such a sequence of events after the dismissal of Minister Rikalo.

Pristina based daily Koha Ditore writes that Kosovo President, Hashim Thaci announced that the Serbian List planed participation in the local elections called in the four northern Kosovo municipalities, Serbian media are quoting.

The Pristina daily says that the Serbian List will participate in elections for mayors in the four Serb majority municipalities - but that mayors elected this way "will resign immediately after election (results) have been confirmed."

Director of the Advocacy Centre for Democratic Culture (ACDC) Dusan Radakovic told Radio kontakt plus that the elections in northern Kosovo, which were called by Kosovo President Hashim Thaci for May 19, are a test (taking the pulse) of the Serbian community and opined that Serbs should not boycott them.

He noted the upcoming elections are a test to what extent the Serbian voters could influence the political structure and political power in the north and beyond, in other parts of Kosovo.

The president of Serbia has told the Italian newspaper La Repubblica that Serbia was absolutely stable.

Aleksandar Vucic was responding when asked "whether stability was threatened in the aftermath of the weekend conflict (during oppposition protests)."

He added that violent perpetrators do not represent Serbia.

KFOR forces in Kosovo continued with the exercise cycle, and the media reported that the Pristina authorities activated the "Steel Ring" action.

KFOR forces are conducting an exercise in order to, as reported, be ready for quick operation throughout Kosovo, and to prevent any threats which may endanger that territory, reports portal B92.

Today's exercise is carried out in the south of Kosovo, where KFOR forces maintain the security of the environment.