“In the Kosovo north, no one thinks about the census. This topic does not interest them, at all,” said in the talk show “Dogovor” Ksenija Božović, Vice president of the Civic Initiative SDP. Božović believes that carrying out the census in four Serbian municipalities in northern Kosovo, as Pristina announced, is not necessary because, there are more important issues to be addressed, such as security of citizens and the return of displaced persons. "I think that people in the north are not interested in that topic.

President of the Serbian List Slavko Simić met with outgoing Head of the EU Office in Kosovo SamueI Žbogar. The talks focused on support of the EU office to the Serbian community, when it comes to economic and infrastructure development, as well as the activities of MPs of the Serbian List, the current draft of the Law on the Census of the population in the north of Kosovo and the process of dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina.

Serb representatives reject a Kosovo government initiative to enable the census of Kosovo Serbs living in four northern municipalities.

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The announcement of Kosovo Prime Minister Isa Mustafa that he would visit soon Leposavić/Leposaviq, and then the rest northern Serbian municipalities, thus becoming the first head of government in Pristina who visited the north, is not acceptable, and has been sent on his own initiative. This is a message of the representatives of the majority Serbian local governments with whom daily Politika has talked yesterday.

A meeting between Serbian political representatives, ministers in the Government of Kosovo, Deputy PM, MPs and mayors of all ten municipalities with Serbian majority in Kosovo was held in Mitrovica North, with the aim to achieve a general consensus on the proposed law on the census in northern Kosovo. The meeting resulted in a common position that there are no political, legal, social and security conditions to hold a census.

Following the Kosovo Assembly’s move to review the draft law on population census in the north of Kosovo, the European Commission (EC) has also stressed the need for the adoption of a law that would enable the process taking place in the four northern municipalities. The EC has encouraged Kosovo institutions to invite international observers to take part in the census, says a press release, the issued by the Ministry of European Integration and the EU Office.

Draft Law on Census in four municipalities in northern Kosovo should be on the agenda of the next parliamentary session, while the census should be organized by the end of 2016. The majority of MPs, including the MPs of the Serbian List, voted to postpone discussion of the law for the next session, when elected representative of the Government should present to the MPs the content of the law. "Since census is very important process, it is essential that someone from the government explain and present it.

UK Ambassador to Pristina, Ruairi O'Connell and President of the Serbian List, Slavko Simić discussed the current issues and problems in Kosovo.

The Assosiation/Community of Serb municipalities does not represent a threat and implementation of the agreements is of general interest, they agreed.

In a meeting today, the government of Kosovo decided to postpone the population and household census in the four northern municipalities that did not participate in this process in 2011, for two weeks. Prime Minister Isa Mustafa said the decision is related to technical issues.