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AFP: Political blockade in Kosovo after the election, re-vote possible (Blic, Beta, AFP)

The official results of the parliamentary elections in Kosovo "suggest a political blockade," the French news agency AFP assessed last tonight.

AFP explained that "no one can form the government independently, and different political forces look deeply divided."

According to political scientist Bekim Kupini, Kosovo is "at the brink of a knife", and, in his opinion, AFP quotes "the most likely outcome of the crisis is call for a new elections."

 

 

Simić: Serbian List will file a complaint due to the election results in Kosovo (NMagazin, Blic, Beta)

According to the final results, the Serbian List has won nine out of ten seats in the Assembly guaranteed for the Serb community.

President of the Serbian List Slavko Simić said late last night that they will complain about the final results of the early parliamentary elections in Kosovo, because, as he said, they think that more than one thousand conditional votes were annulled.

NATO SG to Blic daily: There is no establishment of Kosovo army without Serbs acceptance

In an interview NATO Secretary General, Jens Stoltenberg gave to Blic daily yesterday, topics such as depleted uranium, Kosovo army, and communities’ acceptance of the army were touched upon.

Asked to comment on lawsuits by 300 Italian soldiers suing NATO because they suffered from incurable diseases after their service in Kosovo that was bombed with depleted uranium, NATO SG stated that NATO is in Kosovo to help stabilize the region and avoid violence and unrests.

Kurti: Dialogue with Serbs, not Serbia (Danas, Blic)

Our priority will be dialogue with the Serbs from Kosovo, we have an economic and social plan for the northern municipalities of Kosovo and we are not against the Serbs, but Serbia is against us, said leader of the Self-Determination Movement Albin Kurti. Belgrade based daily Danas published a summary of Blic newspaper interview with Albin Kurti.

The previous dialogue held with Serbia in Brussels did not set any conditions for Serbia, and internal issues of Kosovo were discussed, which is why the outcome could not have been just, Kurti believes.

Haradinaj: Mutual recognition a condition for the dialogue; Dačić: You know what Serbia thinks of Haradinaj (media)

Most online media in Kosovo and Serbia reported on an interview of Tirana based Top Chanel with Ramush Haradinaj, candidate for Prime Minister, saying that when it comes to Kosovo-Serbia talks there is one condition and that is Belgrade’s recognition of Kosovo’s independence. He further argued that the framework of talks was wrong because it focused on Kosovo’s internal arrangements.

Gorani seek Vučić's help (Blic)

Citizens’ Initiative of Gorani said that the president of the interim authorities in the municipality of Gora in Kosovo Adem Hoxha threatened Gorani in this community with losing their jobs and pensions from Serbia, if in the upcoming elections they do not vote for his political option, Blic reported yesterday.

The initiative strongly condemned threats of Hoxha and expect quick response of the President of Serbia Aleksandar Vučić.

Movement of Socialists: Pristina wants to prevent Vulin to be with the Serbs in Kosovo (Blic)

Socialist Movement believes that this decision of Pristina is a shameful and calculated one, to not allow the President of Movement of Socialists Aleksandar Vulin to reside in Kosovo and so prevent him to be with the Serbs in Kosovo.

"They failed so far, they will not succeed and in the future. The Agreement on Movement of Serbian officials is most severely violated, we urge the European Union to respond and sanction the outrageous conduct of Pristina", it was said in a statement of the party, reports daily Blic.

Kosovo Chamber of Commerce not admitted to the organization that operates within the UN (Blic, RTS)

Daily Blis reports that Steering Committee of the International Organisation of Employers at the meeting, before the Assembly that marks the start of the 106th Conference of the International Labor Organization (ILO), has rejected request of the Kosovo Chamber of Commerce (KCC) for membership in the World employers' organization that operates within the United Nations, announced today Employers Union of Serbia (UPS).

Vucic responded to Thaci's "provocation" – report (B92, Blic)

A summit in Slovenia was marked by Hashim Thaci's provocation and Aleksandar Vucic's reply, while Blic is reporting what the Serbian president told Thaci.

The daily recalls that the strongly-worded discussion occurred behind the scenes, after the Kosovo president addressed the gathering and said, among other things, that Serbia is "not ready for the EU because it does not recognize Kosovo."

KFOR: US is not sending more soldiers to Kosovo (B92, RTS, Blic)

KFOR command in Pristina has announced that new US troops in Kosovo will replace soldiers whose mandate had expired.

A statement said that the upcoming deployment of US soldiers represents regular handover of duties between two contingents from the United States, which are being rotated, not an additional contribution by the United States, RTS reported.

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