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Photo exhibition of the residents of Kosovo's collective centers in Gracanica (Kontakt plus Radio)

The exhibition on the occasion of the World Day of Refugees and Displaced Persons presented at the Center for Civil Energy in Gracanica presented photographs of residents of collective centers in Gracanica, Leposavic, Zvecan and Strpce. The faces photographed express worries, sadness but also hope. That's all they have left. The author of photography is a cameraman and photojournalist of the portal gracanicaonline.info, Vladislav Cup.

Jevtic with OSCE and UNHCR representatives (KIM radio, Vecernje Novosti)

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Communities and Returns in Resignation Dalibor Jevtic talked to OSCE and UNHCR Heads of Mission in Kosovo, Erol Arduc and Jan Braathu.

The statement of the Ministry says that it was concluded that all institutions, as well as the Ministry of Communities and Returns, " to understand seriously a call for help, and make a step forward so that the return process moves in the direction of the desired result," reported KIM radio.

Draft Civil Code Phase II presented in Gracanica (RTK2)

The Kosovo Ministry of Justice, within the framework of completing legal infrastructure in the field of justice, presented in Gracanica the "Civil Code Phase 2", which aims to finalize a comprehensive modern code that meets European standards, reported RTK2.

The EU invested more than 2.3 million euros in this project, which continues to provide assistance in aligning Kosovo's legislation with European standards and strengthening the rule of law.

"The City of Kragujevac - EU Support for Return to Kosovo and Metohija" (Radio Mitrovica Sever)

The project implemented by the Danish Refugee Council, with the city of Kragujevac and organizations 'Bozur' and 'Sveti Spas', will assist 30 families of internally displaced persons to return to Kosovo, by providing transportation to families and their belongings to the place of return and basic returnee packages, according to their needs., reports Radio Mitrovica Sever.

Serbian FM speaks at UNHCR Executive Committee meeting (B92, Beta, Srbija.gov.rs)

First Deputy PM and Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic took part on Monday in the 69th session of the Executive Committee of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees.

Dacic underlined Serbia "strong support to the untiring work of the UNHCR" and said the international community must "redouble its efforts to promote human rights and demonstrate solidarity without prejudice and selectivity, with the aim of harmonizing different views and addressing the causes and effects of the (migrant) crisis."

Office for KiM: Falsified statistics cannot be concealed (RTS, Tanjug)

International organizations whose job is to enable the return of internally displaced persons from Kosovo and Metohija to their places of origin, failed in every sense, and there is no falsified statistics and methodology that can conceal this fact, Serbian Government Office for Kosovo and Metohija said in a written statement. “We urge both Pristina and the international organizations that wish to conceal the exact number of internally displaced persons from Kosovo and Metohija, instead of masking their poor results and failures in resolving one of the greatest humanitarian catastrophe in a r

Kozarev: To provide conditions for return of displaced (Tanjug, Novosti)

Serbian Government Office for Kosovo Deputy Director, Dusan Kozarev said that conditions for sustainable return of internally displaced persons from Kosovo over the last two decades were very bad, Serbian media reported. Kozarev made these remarks on Friday, at the meeting of “Skopje Initiative” in Podgorica, supported by the UNHCR and OSCE Mission in Kosovo. “The fact, there are still displaced persons wishing to return to Kosovo and Metohija, based on experience from my Office and results of the UNHCR poll implemented in 2016, oblige us all to provide conditions for sustainable return,” Ko

UNHCR: Return of displaced responsibility of all institutions (TV Most, KIM radio)

The Head of UNHCR mission in Kosovo, Narasimha Rao, said that "today we recognize the suffering of all those who had to flee in order to save their lives. Over 65 million people are either refugees or displaced persons.

"In Kosovo, we work together with Kosovo authorities, civil society and others to ensure that those who want to return to their homes can do it safely and with dignity," Rao said.

Serbia accused of inflating numbers of IDPs (Radio Free Europe)

The strategy for the return of displaced persons during and after the conflict in Kosovo, drafted by the Kosovo’s Ministry for Communities and Returns, is facing numerous challenges in its implementation stage. Ministry’s spokesperson, Uroš Staletović, said that usurped property is a significant obstacle to the return of displaced members of the Serb community. According to him, only ten percent of the IDPs have returned to Kosovo, namely 20,000 out of a total of 200,000.