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Thaci can still avoid elections, say interlocutors of Danas from Kosovo (Danas)

It is still uncertain whether the Pristina parliament will be dissolved on August 22, which would allow early elections to be called, claim Danas's interlocutors from Kosovo.

Some sources of daily Danas unofficially state that it should be seen whether two-thirds of MPs will vote to dissolve the parliament, and that Kosovo's President Hashim Thaci still can avoid going to the polls.

''Pristina trying to draw attention away from their own crimes'' (RTS, Beta, N1)

A Serbian ruling party official and Chairman of the parliamentary Committee for Kosovo, Milovan Drecun says that the authorities in Pristina are trying to draw attention away from investigations against key figures of the war-time Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) by claiming that Serbia committed genocide.

Reactions to Srpska Lista waiting for Hahn: “They are shifting the public focus from the arrest of those suspected of killing Oliver Ivanovic” (Kossev)

Srpska Lista MPs have been in the Kosovo Assembly since yesterday waiting for the arrival of European Commissioner Johannes Hahn in order to inform him about Pristina’s „anti-Serb moves“ that are leading toward „a humanitarian catastrophe“ of the Serbian people in Kosovo.

They are protesting against the 100% custom taxes imposed on Serbian products arriving into Kosovo. Hahn does not have an officially scheduled meeting with them.

Albanians refuse to see St. Vitus as a holiday in Kosovo (RTS, Koha Ditore)

Albanian MPs, members of the relevant parliamentary committee that discussed the Kosovo Holidays Act, voted unanimously against the demands of the Serbian List to include the June 28th (Serbian Orthodox holiday Vidovdan (St. Vitus) in the act, reports Radio Television of Serbia (RTS).

The RTS quotes Pristina daily Koha Ditore that the Serbian List requested to include the 28th June in the Law on holidays, but the first to oppose this request was MP Milaim Zeka, considering the request as an insult to the Albanians.

Simic against draft law on the formation of the Kosovo army (RTS)

A member of the Kosovo Assembly Presidency and a member of the Serbian List, Slavko Simic, voted in today's session against the agenda and proposal to forward to the parliament the three draft laws on the transformation of KSF into the army for consideration, reports Radio Television of Serbia (RTS).

Sejdiju: Haradinaj’s Government a hostage of Vucic's decisions (KIM radio, Vesti)

The government of Ramush Haradinaj is rocking increasingly while the opposition increasingly demands the calling of early elections due to the difficult political and economic situation in Kosovo, reports Serbian media.

According to the Serbian media, Haradinaj received a response from the opposition that intends to unite and launch overthrow of the government instead supporting the government's platform on dialogue with Serbia.

Slavko Simić: Great Responsibility in Parliament (KiM Radio)

Newly elected Kosovo Parliament Vice President Slavko Simić says that he is honoured and pleased that he was nominated and elected deputy chairman of the parliament.

"For me, a great responsibility and obligation, to make efforts, in the coming period through the Presidency and the Parliament, to protect Serbian national interests and improve the position of the Serbian people in Kosovo and Metohija through organized political activity with the parliamentary club of the Serbian List,'' wrote Simić on Facebook.

The Serbian list will support the formation of parliamentary bodies (TV Most)

The Serbian List MP Igor Simić told TV Most today that the Serbian List will support the formation of parliamentary bodies. And with regard to further political moves and possible forming of the Government, the decision will be made after consultations with President Vučić and Director of the Office for Kosovo and Metohija Marko Đurić.

 

Petrović: SLS ready for the position of deputy Assembly speaker (RTK2)

Slobodan Petrović, the Independent Liberal Party (SLS) leader, said today that the party expressed readiness for the position of deputy chairman of the Assembly of Kosovo.

There is no ambiguity regarding the possibility, the Kosovo Constitution allows the Serbian community to have a guaranteed vice-speaker position - said Petrović, who is also the only deputy of the SLS in parliament.

Berisha warns: Danger for Kosovo and the region if demarcation is ratified (Indeksonline)

Zafir Berisha, member of the Kosovo Parliament from the Initiative for Kosovo (NISMA), told the news website that security in Kosovo and the region will be under threat if the current version of the demarcation deal with Montenegro is ratified by the Kosovo Parliament on September 1. Berisha said Albanians should not give away their lands to other countries., “If this version is ratified, there will be bad consequences for the country and the region ...