Independent Liberal Party

The Basic Prosecutor's Office in Gnjilane/Gjilan said on Thursday that two people, who it only identified by the initials Z.D. and V.B., were detained in the town of Gnjilane/Gjilan on suspicion that they intimidated three people to vote for Srpska Lista at Sunday's parliamentary polls in Kosovo.

The Prime Minister of the Provisional Kosovo Institutions Ramush Haradinaj has appointed Dijana Zivic as the new Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Rural Development.
She replaced Nenad Rikalo, who was removed from office at the beginning of the month, Pristina press is reporting.

Kosovo Serb politicians on Thursday agreed to return to the country's parliament and government after receiving assurances in discussions that their coalition agreement will be respected.

Prime Minister Mustafa on Friday named Dalibor Jevtic from the Srpska List as the replacement for Aleksandar Jablanovic, the Minister for Returns and Communities who was removed two months ago.

KOSOVSKA MITROVICA - Dimitrije Janicijevic, 35, a member of the North Mitrovica municipal assembly, was murdered a year ago to this day, but his killer is still at large.

Janicijevic was killed by gunshots outside his family home in Kosovska Mitrovica.

Kosovo assembly elects new government

PRIŠTINA -- The Kosovo assembly elected a new government on Tuesday, headed by the Democratic Alliance of Kosovo leader Isa Mustafa.

73 were in favor, 30 against, and two abstained.

The Central Election Commission on Thursday announced its final tally which closely resembled the preliminary figures from the June 8 national polls that gave the lead to Hashim Thaci’s ruling Democratic Party of Kosovo, PDK.

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.

PRISTINA – A total of 31 electoral lists have been submitted to Kosovo’s central electoral commission ahead of the June 8 elections for the provincial assembly.

Amendments to municipal statutes adopted

KOSOVSKA MITROVICA -- ouncilors of the Northern Mitrovica City Assembly unanimously adopted on Thursday the amendments to the municipal statute at a closed session.

"Serbs in Kosovo should decide on participation in polls"

KOSOVSKA MITROVICA -- Aleksandar Vulin said in Kosovska Mitrovica of Friday that Serbs themselves should decide on their participation in parliamentary elections in Kosovo.

Vulin now serves as minister of labor and was in charge of Kosovo in the previous government.