Oliver Ivanovic

GI SDP: Suspend dialogue until gov't guarantees are accepted

KOSOVSKA MITROVICA - Members of the Citizens' Initiative "Freedom, Democracy, Justice" (GI SDP) noted on Friday that there were no grounds for the court's decision to extend detention on remand for their leader Oliver Ivanovic, and added that the court in Pristina thus violated the basic human right of the detainee to be released pending trial.

CEC confirms Rakic's victory in northern Mitrovica elections

KOSOVSKA MITROVICA - The Kosovo Central Electoral Commission (CEC) confirmed that leader of the Citizens' Initiative Srpska Goran Rakic won in the elections for northern Mitrovica mayor.

According to the final results of the elections, Rakic won 2,778 votes which is 52.48 percent of the total turnout, stated Nenad Rikalo late on Wednesday as the only Serb member of CEC.

EULEX chief: There is no "5,000 names list"

EULEX chief: There is no "5,000 names list"

PRIŠTINA -- EULEX chief Berndt Borchardt Judge has denied claims about existence of a list of 5,000 names of Serbs to be arrested in Kosovo.

The head of the EU mission in Kosovo added that a judge will decide if guarantees the Serbian government gave are sufficient to release four Serbs currently in detention there.

Rakic wins election in northern Kosovska Mitrovica

KOSOVSKA MITROVICA - The candidate for mayor of northern Kosovska Mitrovica on the slate of the Citizens' Initiative Srpska (GI Srpska), Goran Rakic, declared an election victory on Sunday evening after a re-run of the mayoral election in that town, and signaled that his first task would be to demand that all Serbs that had been unfairly detained should be released pending trial.

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