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Around a third of the refugees in Montenegro, mostly Roma who fled Kosovo, have not applied for residency and could be reclassified as illegal immigrants and lose benefits.

Imposing sanctions on Russia - "unthinkable"

BELGRADE -- Tomislav Nikolić has told the RTS in an interview that the government's decision to call on Serbs in Kosovo to vote was "strategic, and highly forced."

But, the Serbian president added, "Belgrade is moving within the framework of the Constitution of Serbia."

Preliminary results: Serb list wins 4.2 percent

PRIŠTINA -- Preliminary results presented late on Monday by the Kosovo Central Electoral Commission show that the Democratic Party of Kosovo won 30.69 percent of the vote.

This party is led by Hashim Thaci.

“The MFA commends the fact that for the first time, all the people of Kosovo took part in the voting, and that the all-inclusive nature of these elections was important for the development of democracy, the future of the country, and crucial to the future of Kosovo's Euro-Atlantic integration,” the foreign ministry said in a statement on Monday.

An exhumation at a quarry in southern Serbia of suspected Kosovo Albanian victims killed by Belgrade’s forces during the 1990s war has now uncovered the remains of 45 people.

BELGRADE - Chairman of the Serbian parliament’s Committee on Kosovo-Metohija (KiM) Milovan Drecun said Monday that the results of the elections for the Kosovo assembly showed that the Albanians in Kosovo were aware that their future largely depended on normalization of relations with Belgrade.

Bulgaria lost its fourth consecutive game at the volleyball World League after 2:3 (18:25, 21:25, 25:20, 25:22, 11:15) against Serbia in Sofia.

It was looking dismal for Bulgaria at the start, just as it was in the first match between the two sides on Saturday. After losing the first two sets however, Camillo Placi's men recovered and equalized the score.

The Democratic Party of Kosovo, led by Prime Minister Hashim Thaci, has claimed victory in national elections marked by a low turnout, Sunday.

PRISTINA – Hasim Taci’s Democratic Party of Kosovo (DPK) won the snap parliamentary elections in Kosovo-Metohija (KiM) on Sunday.

With a little more than 94 percent of the votes counted, and still incomplete results from the north of Kosovo, the DPK held 31.21 percent of the vote, the Central Election Commission (CEC) in Pristina has said.

Police reportedly unsure if cocaine was destined for Albania

BELGRADE -- An investigation has been launched in Montenegro to determine if the recent record haul of cocaine was really intended for Albania, the daily Politika writes.

Other possibilities include a buyer in Montenegro or in Kosovo, according to the report.