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Zoran Stankovic: Small chances for a rerun of the census (Vecernje Novosti)

President of the Government Coordination Body for Presevo, Bujanovac and Medvedja, Zoran Stankovic said that the number of inhabitants will be determined in these municipalities by May 1, adding that there are legal obstacles for repeating the census. Some of the parties from this area have called for a boycott of the last census. He said to Novosti that the National Council of Albanians have less money than they should, because for the funds is required to have data on population. On question whether tensions from the dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina affect this part of Serbia; Stank

Serbian houses will be demolished? (Vecernje Novosti)

The announcements that the temple of the Christ Survivor in Pristina will be demolished appeared again. Serbian Orthodox Church (SPC) does not intend to submit request for legalization to the Pristina institutions (the deadline is 11 June) because they already have legal documentation attained before 1999. For the churches which were built after 1999, SPC will submit requests to the competent ministry in Pristina. In the same situation might be the owners of thousands of Serbian houses, which are not legalized, if owners don’t submit requests for the legalization.

East River obstacle for Thaci’s lawsuit (Vecernje Novosti)

Since Kosovo is not a UN member, it would be able to submit a lawsuit before International Court of Justice only upon the special recommendation of the UN Security Council. However, even if something like that would happen, the Court would declare incompetent, believe experts. Deputy PM of the interim Kosovo institutions is talking for a long time that Pristina is preparing the lawsuit against Serbia, for genocide committed against Albanians in 1999.

Initiative for Community/Association of Serbian municipalities raised to a higher level (KiM radio, TV Most, Vecernje Novosti, Blic)

Gracanica Mayor, Vladeta Kostic said that the recent first joint meeting of municipalities with Serbian majority practically raised the issue of establishing the Association/Community of Serbian municipalities (ZSO) and that the initiative is now raised to a higher political level. Kostic said that in formal legal terms, the process of creating the ZSO has not started yet, because the legal requirements are not met, nor the statute of the Community was adopted. Kostic, who is also president of the Civic Initiative "Srpska", said that one of the demands from the meeting in Gracanica was to pr

Sale of the Serbian property without Serbs (Vecernje Novosti)

Pristina authorities are trying to use political vacuum, which occurred after Serbian MPs left Kosovo institutions, so they could continue illegal privatization of the property in the Serbian areas. Kosovo Property Agency announced privatization of 9 premises of socially owned enterprise “Luks” till the end of the month.  Mayor of Mitrovica north Goran Rakic said that it is a dangerous precedent, which has already been seen. “Pristina estimated that it is a right time to dishonestly finish the change of the ownership structure of enterprises.