Population census begins in Kosovo

A population census began in Kosovo and Metohija on Friday, but most Serbs in the territory are boycotting it.

Izvor: Tanjug

Friday, 01.04.2011.

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A population census began in Kosovo and Metohija on Friday, but most Serbs in the territory are boycotting it. Chairman of the Kosovo Central Census Commission Rifat Blaku said that local politicians and the UN Office of Project Services (UNOPS) had been engaged to help overcome the problem of boycotting of the population and households census by the Serb communities. Population census begins in Kosovo Serbia insists that the census in Kosovo and Metohija be taken by UNOPS, which is the case north of the Ibar River, where the majority Serb population rejects the authority of the government in Pristina. The European Commission Liaison Office in Pristina said the population and housing census in Kosovo would be conducted from April 1 to 15 and that it would be monitored by the Statistical Office of the European Commission (EUROSTAT). Blaku said that the census was going on well for now, indicating that the collected information would be processed according to standards designated by EUROSTAT. In Gracanica, the largest Serb enclave south of the Ibar River, most Serbs are boycotting the census organized by the Kosovo Albanian authorities in Pristina, stating that they "do not have confidence in Pristina's institutions and that they feared the collected information could be abused".

Population census begins in Kosovo

Serbia insists that the census in Kosovo and Metohija be taken by UNOPS, which is the case north of the Ibar River, where the majority Serb population rejects the authority of the government in Priština.

The European Commission Liaison Office in Priština said the population and housing census in Kosovo would be conducted from April 1 to 15 and that it would be monitored by the Statistical Office of the European Commission (EUROSTAT).

Blaku said that the census was going on well for now, indicating that the collected information would be processed according to standards designated by EUROSTAT.

In Gračanica, the largest Serb enclave south of the Ibar River, most Serbs are boycotting the census organized by the Kosovo Albanian authorities in Priština, stating that they "do not have confidence in Priština's institutions and that they feared the collected information could be abused".

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