Photo: AP/ Marjan Vučetić On August 30, the Kosovo police occupied all the remaining Serbian institutions in the north of Kosovo. Boards with the markings of various institutions of the "Republic of Kosovo" are placed on them. There is almost no resistance. There is practically silence in Belgrade
On the building of the Public Utility Company in The rattle, which was closed in action on August 30 of the Kosovo Police, an inscription of Kosovo institutions was placed: Municipality of Zvečan and Ministry of Internal Affairs of Kosovo - Agency for Civil Registration.
Similar boards of the Kosovo ministries were placed over the weekend on the facilities of Serbian institutions in the northern part of Mitrovica and in Leposavic, KoSSev reports.
In the buildings of the former Office for Kosovo and Metohija and PIO Fund in Kosovska Mitrovica, three Kosovo ministries have moved in - the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the Ministry of Local Self-Government Administration and the Ministry of Labor and Transfer Finance.
On August 30, the Kosovo Police conducted an operation in the north of Kosovo, during which the facilities where the remaining Serbian institutions functioned, including municipal services, the Office for Kosovo and Metohija, the Pension Fund and the Public Utility Company, were closed.
The facility of the Provisional Authority of the Municipality of Kosovska Mitrovica and premises believed to have temporarily served municipal services in recent months were also closed.
Equipment and documentation, primarily computers, and symbols of the Serbian state were removed from the sealed buildings.
Workers employed in the Provisional Authority of Kosovska Mitrovica, the PIO Fund, the Office for Kosovo and Metohija and the Kosovska Mitrovica District tried to enter their workplaces on Monday and Tuesday morning, but were denied access by the police stationed in front of those facilities. The police informed the employees that the investigation conducted by the prosecutor's office is ongoing.
There is no resistance from the authorities in Belgrade. Unlike the earlier actions of Pristina directed against the remnants of Serbian statehood in Kosovo and Metohija, this time even the verbal protest was reduced to a minimum.
Other Serbian institutions were previously closed
Similarly, earlier in August, the branches of the Post of Serbia were closed, and before them, the remaining financial institutions of the Republic of Serbia.
Before that, the circulation of dinars was abolished, vehicles were re-registered from Serbian to RKS license plates, Serbian driver's licenses were canceled, and the import of Serbian goods has been banned for more than a year.
With the abandonment of Kosovo's institutions two years ago, with the closure of the remaining institutions where mostly Serbs were employed, it is estimated that thousands of people in the north of Kosovo have now lost their jobs.
Trajković: Serbian people rejected, deceived and used
The president of the Serbian National Forum, Momčilo Trajković, said that in Kosovo, the Serbian people are in agony, "rejected, deceived and used", but announced a new strategy, which should end such a situation.
Trajković stated that the new strategy envisages talks with representatives of the opposition, as well as members of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts.
"We also received support for the new strategy at the meeting with ProGlas representatives. All previous strategies have failed, we have to see what is new," said Trajković.
Jakšić: Turn the Office for Kosovo and Metohija into a Ministry
Member of the Presidency of the National Movement of Serbs from Kosovo and Metohija "Fatherland" Marko Jakšić stated that part of the strategy will be to turn the Office for Kosovo and Metohija into a ministry, with headquarters along the administrative line with Kosovo, and not in Belgrade.
"Such a ministry, which is within the reach of the citizens of Serbia, would be more serious and practical and would solve many issues more correctly," said Jakšić.
He stated that the government of Kosovo Prime Minister Aljbin Kurti behaves like a winner and celebrates a triumph, while the defeated in Belgrade "keeps the presidential chair".
Jakšić assessed that neither Kurti nor Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić would like Serbs to stay in Kosovo.
"We don't expect Vučić to go to war, but there are many ways in which he can fight," said Jakšić and advocated a policy of reciprocity, primarily with regard to the trade of goods
Drecun: Kurti's moves aimed at causing incidents
The President of the Committee for Defense and Internal Affairs of the Serbian Parliament, Milovan Drecun, told Radio-Television of Serbia that there is great tension and uncertainty among the Serbian people in the north of Kosovo and Metohija, because they do not know what moves Kosovo Prime Minister Aljbin Kurti will make in the coming period.
"There is again a fear of whether the Serbs will manage to survive in the north of Kosovo, but on the other hand, there is a truly exceptional persistence, will, and desire for the Serbs to continue living in their centuries-old areas," said Drecun.
He added that the behavior of KFOR shows that they assess that there is a danger of incidents and conflicts and that such possible developments should be prevented.
"I fear that all of Kurti's moves are aimed at provoking incidents and provoking a response from the Serbian people, which he could later use as an excuse to use even greater, more brutal force against the Serbian people," Drecun said.
Source: KoSSev, RTS, FoNet
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