With fewer problems with voter lists in some places, all polls for local elections are open on time this morning, the chairman of the Central Election Commission, Valdete Daka, confirmed to KIM radio. The CEC president expects the elections to run regularly, especially in the north of Kosovo, where there are the biggest fears that an irregularity might occur.

The Central Election Commission (CEC) will employ over 20,000 commissioners to monitor local elections throughout Kosovo, said head of CEC Valdete Daka. She added that over 1.9 million people are eligible to vote this Sunday and that the entire voting process will cost the Kosovo budget anywhere between 4.5 and 5 million euros.

Registration of political entities for local elections in Kosovo, to be held on October 22, will expire at midnight tomorrow.

The Central Election Commission says that Serbian political subjects have not yet submitted their lists, but it is quite certain that each of them will be participating alone.

President of the Serbian List Goran Rakić claims that the recent parliamentary elections have shown that the Serbs in Kosovo "believe them the most".

Central Election Commission (CEC) has submitted decision to certify election results to President Hashim Thaci whose duty is now to call the first session of the Assembly within 30 days. A copy of the CEC decision was also sent to the Assembly of Kosovo.

The Supreme Court of Kosovo rejected the appeal of the Serbian list, that is, the request to accept votes of about 1,300 voters who voted with Serbian ID cards in the municipalities north of Kosovo, reported Vecernje Novosti unofficially.

Daily Vecernje Novosti write that this court will announce today the final decision on all appeals, after which the final results of the election will be announced.

Head of the Central Election Commission (CEC), Valdete Daka, said that the recount of a number of ballot boxes has affected the final election results enabling three candidates to gain seats in the new legislature. The new MPs will be Fikrim Damka instead of Mahir Yagcilar from the Turkish Democratic Party of Kosovo (KDTP), Slavko Simic instead of Branimir Stojanovic from the Serbian List, and Naser Osmani instead of Imet Rrahmani from the Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK).

At a meeting with Kosovo President Hashim Thaci, representatives of main political parties said 22 October is the optimal time for holding local elections.

Head of the Central Election Commission (CEC), Valdete Daka, said they are ready to organise elections whenever they are announced but noted it would be better to have them earlier on before the weather conditions worsen.

President Thaci said he would consider all proposals and announce the election date in the coming days.

Kosovo political parties signed a statement aimed at increasing financial transparency during election campaign, Koha reports.

The head of the Central Election Commission (CEC), Valdete Daka, said in an interview that calling snap elections in Kosovo presented quite a challenge for the institution she leads. “Early elections are always challenging, even more so when we had a 30-day timeframe window”, Daka said.

The Central Election Commission certified candidates of five Kosovo Serbs lists for the upcoming parliamentary elections in Kosovo, says member of CEC Nenad Rikalo for KoSSev.

Initially six lists of Kosovo Serbs were registered for the elections in Kosovo - Serbian list, Advanced force of Kosovo, Progressive Democratic Party, and Independent Liberal Party, a coalition of the Party of Kosovo Serbs and Active citizens' initiatives and the Serbian Patriotic Alliance.