Low turnout expected in Kosovo vote
Source: Tanjug
PRIŠTINA -- The Albanian language media in Priština write today that a low turnout is expected in the upcoming local elections in Kosovo.
They blame political dissatisfaction, inefficiency of political parties, inability to make a sustainable political race, public assessments that an individual vote has no power and massive political corruption.
The analysts interviewed also say that "the historic moment of the final solution of the status of Kosovo" has been "pushing elections to the background" and cite a lack of full credibility of the election process "and other specific technical problems".
The November 15 local ballot is the first organized by Kosovo Albania institutions after the unilateral declaration of independence a year and a half ago.
The Serbian president and government have stated that there are no conditions for the Kosovo Serbs to take part in these elections.
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BELGRADE -- Čedomir Jovanović said that pulling the Vojvodina statute from parliamentary procedures today shows the government’s incompetence.
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PRIŠTINA -- The Kosovo election commission will set up "alternative polling stations for areas where Serbs make up a majority of the population".
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BRUSSELS -- Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremić says Serbia could join the EU in five to seven years.
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BELGRADE -- FM Vuk Jeremić stated that remembering the pogrom of the Jews in the Second World War represents a lasting moral, political and social responsibility.
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BELGRADE -- The Serbian parliament has withdrawn the draft Vojvodina statute from its procedure today in Belgrade.
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BELGRADE -- There are no conditions for Serbs to take part in the local elections in Kosovo on November 15, Minister for Kosovo Goran Bogdanović told B92.
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BELGRADE -- Slovak Foreign Minister Miroslav Lajčak said that there is reason for “careful optimism” regarding the potential unfreezing of the SAA.
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PRIŠTINA -- New Zealand has decided to recognize Kosovo, it was announced from the Kosovo Albanian authorities in Priština.
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NOVI SAD -- An ethnic Hungarian party leader says that the expected adoption of the Vojvodina statute will "help move the boundaries" of its autonomy.
