Photo: TanjugThe beginning of the implementation of the Law on Vehicles in Kosovo has caused uncertainty among drivers using cars with Serbian license plates
Citizens in the north Kosova they unpreparedly welcomed the start of the implementation of the Law on Vehicles, which is why it is among drivers who use cars with Serbian license plates, confusion and caution prevailed, the editor of the KoSSev portal Tatjana Lazarević told N1.
She also warns that in recent years, especially after the events in Banjska and the withdrawal of Serbs from Kosovo institutions, the presence of Serbian institutions in Kosovo is rapidly decreasing.
Lazarevic says that the citizens were unprepared for the beginning of the entry into force of the Law on Vehicles, which refers to thousands of vehicles with Serbian license plates, which citizens drove with the authorization of relatives, friends or partners.
"It is already noticeable today, I know that from information from the wider environment, and it is also visible on the streets of North Mitrovica, more of these vehicles have been parked since last night or already since yesterday, I have two examples from my family, where two of my distant relatives were found on the road in central Serbia and they did not come to Kosovo with their vehicles, but used another means of transport", explains Lazarevic.
According to reports, there is a "rather chaotic situation" among drivers who until now were driving on authorization with Serbian license plates, and who, as he says, parked their vehicles out of caution, because there is not enough information about how the law will be specifically applied.
"What is not officially said, and what can be seen at least on the first day of implementation on the ground, is that there are no rigorous punishments. If you drive a vehicle with other plates, not Kosovo, and with a license, and you have a residence in Kosovo, you are committing an offense like not wearing a seat belt," she explains.
She adds that so far, according to the official information she received from the Kosovo police, no driver with such a vehicle has been punished.
Lazarevic also assesses that the entry into force of the Law on Vehicles means the final end of Serbian registration plates in Kosovo.
Lazarevic also estimates that the primary concern of the representatives of the European Union in Kosovo was the Law on Foreigners because, as he says, their attention was focused on health and education, while they avoided commenting on the Law on Vehicles.
As a reminder, Serbs will be given a period of three months to register their civil data in the Kosovo system, and Serbian students, professors and health workers will be issued temporary residence permits for 12 months, with the possibility of extension.
The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Kosovo announced that from Monday, March 16, the process of submitting applications for residence permits and registering addresses for citizens will begin, after the end of the information period.
In the announcement, the Ministry stated that during the three-month period it will be possible to register data on births, marriages and deaths that were recorded until March 15, 2026 in "illegal Serbian institutions, with the aim of their integration into the Civil Registry of Kosovo."
Lazarevic explains that the Law on Foreigners refers to residents of Kosovo who do not have Kosovo documents, of which, he says, there are several thousand. He notes that these citizens are not only Serbs, but that in most cases they all have Serbian documents.
"They were given a deadline of three months to obtain Kosovo documentation, but by now, as the Kosovo authorities say, they will be recognized with Serbian identity cards that the Kosovo authorities call illegal documents of parallel institutions. So, these identity cards will be temporarily recognized. Also, only those identity cards that were issued only until March 15 are valid," explains the editor of the KoSSev portal and adds that, according to unofficial information from the police, that deadline will not be extended.
Tatjana Lazarevic still raises questions about when and why the idea of integration of healthcare and universities suddenly came up as something on which the two sides - Belgrade and Pristina - agreed.
"Remind me, I did not notice and record that any of these two parties in these so-called negotiations talked in any way about the integration of education and health, let alone agreed in Brussels, especially in connection with the university", says interviewee N1.
She reminds that the university is the only institution of the Republic of Serbia that was returned to Kosovo after the war and with the consent of the international community.
"Over the past 15 years, Serbia's presence has been decreasing more and more, and it is especially visible in the recent phase from Banjska, that is, from the departure of Serbs from Kosovo's institutions. Now, in the tactics of that strategy of removing Serbia from Kosovo, the last traces of the Republic of Serbia are rapidly being cleaned," concludes the editor of the KoSSev portal, Tatjana Lazarevic.
Source: H1
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