Kosovo Central Election Commission

The newly elected mayor of the Kosovo-Serb majority municipality of North Mitrovica took his oath of office on Friday in a tense atmosphere following extraordinary local elections a month ago that most local Serbs shunned. 

Erden Atic is a member of the ruling Vetvendosje party, which has few members in the town.

The European Union on Monday criticised the elections held on Sunday in mainly Serbian north Kosovo, saying the very low turnout meant they offered no "long-term solution" to the crisis in the north.

An instruction issued by the Kosovo Central Election Commission, CEC - which says people can only vote in the elections on October 6 using personal documents issued by Kosovo institutions - has drawn a furious reaction from non-Albanian community representatives.

The meeting, organized by France and Germany, will be held on April 29. And on April 24 in China, where he is attending the Belt and Road summit, and about to meet with Chinese and Russian presidents - Vucic said:

PRISTINA - Member of the Kosovo Central Election Commission (CEC) Nenad Rikalo sai on Friday the CEC had decided to allow the use of all valid documents in order to vote at the parliamentary election on Sunday.

GRACANICA - The Serb List has consulted with Belgrade and decided to continue to fight for the rights and interest of the Kosovo Serbs, despite numerous unacceptable decisions by the Kosovo Central Election Commission, the Serb List has stated.

GRACANICA - The Serbian government will do everything in coordination with the EU and other international partners to enable the return of the Serbs who were forced out of their homes in Kosovo, but also to ensure that those living in Kosovo enjoy the maximum economic, political and human rights, head of the Serbian government office for Kosovo Marko Djuric has said.

Members of the Kosovo Central Election Commission, CEC, are concerned they will have only a limited time to prepare for early general elections if they are held next month.

“If June 8 is set as the date, the CEC will have only about 30 days, which will be quite challenging,” Florian Dushi, a CEC member, told BIRN.

Rakic, the candidate from the Belgrade-backed ‘Srpska’ list, took 52.6 per cent of the vote in Sunday’s re-run polls to win the mayoralty, according to preliminary results published by the Kosovo Central Election Commission.