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Maric: Serbs to check whether they are on the electoral roll (KIM radio)

Minister of Government Administration in Kosovo, Ljubomir Maric urged Serbs in Kosovo to verify whether they were enrolled in the electoral register to exercise their right to vote in the upcoming elections for the Serbian Parliament on 24 April.

According to him, citizens will show by turning up at the polls that they want to be part of what was agreed, and that was the Community/Association of Serb municipalities.

Tension in Kosovo after election of Thaci as President of Kosovo (KIM radio, B92, Politika)

The political situation in Kosovo after the election of Hashim Thaci as President has been rather tense. The Kosovo opposition, unsatisfied with Thaci's election, but also with the agreement on the establishment of the Community/Association of Serb municipalities (ZSO), announced a new demonstration.

Attorney’s profession on the verge of extinction amongst Kosovo Serbs (RTK2)

There are 636 attorneys registered in the Kosovo Chamber of Advocates, out of whom 24 are Kosovo Serbs, however only a handful of them actually work.

The only registered Kosovo Serb attorney in last ten years is Dejan Vasic who says that this profession is on the verge of extinction among Serbs. “I was registered by the Chamber of Advocates in 2007. Ten years have passed since that time and not a single person had become the attorney in the meantime,” said Vasic.

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Kosovo charges three alleged Islamic State supporters (AFP)

Prosecutors in Kosovo have pressed terror charges against three alleged Islamic State group supporters, including two who went to the Syrian frontline to wage jihad, an official said Thursday.

The pair allegedly fought with the extremist group in Syria last year while the third "was propagating and recruiting people through Facebook to join IS," Liridona Kozmaqi, spokeswoman of the chief prosecutor's office, told AFP.

http://www.globalpost.com/article/6741415/2016/03/03/kosovo-charges-three-alleged-islamic-state-supporters

Coalition of displaced on the SPS list (Danas)

Coalition of displaced persons from Kosovo will perform in the elections on the list gathered around the Socialist Party of Serbia (SPS), Danas unofficially learned.

The sources of the daily newspaper Danas state that "there was a mood" to enter into the coalition alliance with the Movement of Socialists led by Aleksandar Vulin, but on the eve of the announcement of early elections, there was a change of the decision.

Der Standard: Even EU’s and America’s millions cannot stop corruption in Kosovo (Klan Kosova)

The European Union and the United States of America are donating millions of Euros to the youngest country in Europe, Kosovo, however this country is failing to find a solution to the corruption problem. This is how an article in the Austrian daily, Der Standard, assesses the situation in Kosovo.