In a coordinated operation by Kosovo’s authorities, members of the Kosovo Police simultaneously entered all nine Serbian Post facilities in Northern Kosovo at 2 p.m. today. The action was carried out based on a request from the Regulatory Authority for Electronic and Postal Communications (ARKEP).
Veton Eljshani, Deputy Commander of the Northern Police Region, told the KoSSev portal that the closure of the Serbian Post facilities was implemented „after receiving information“ that these facilities were operating without a license.
Three post offices in North Mitrovica, two in the municipality of Zvečan, one in Zubin Potok, and three in the municipality of Leposavić were sealed.
Employees present at the facilities were allowed to take their personal belongings, while the Kosovo Police reportedly seized what is presumed to be Serbian Post documentation.
It is not yet known whether money was also seized this time, as happened less than three months ago when all Serbian financial institutions were shut down in a similar operation.
Aside from a performance involving the throwing of white envelopes by the Serbian Democratic Party and a brief detention, i.e. punishment of two individuals in Lešak who resisted the Kosovo Police operation, there were no other incidents reported.
EULEX members were observed monitoring the situation at some locations.
The Serbian Post has not yet made a statement.
Srpska Lista, the Office for Kosovo and Metohija and the Ministry of Information and Telecommunications of Serbia
The Srpska Lista, the Office for Kosovo and Metohija, and the Ministry of Information and Telecommunications of Serbia have harshly criticized Kosovo Prime Minister Albin Kurti for violating the Brussels Agreement and for persecuting Serbs.
The Office for Kosovo and Metohija has called on the international community to „wake up.“
„While they remain silent and fail to take action within their jurisdiction in Kosovo and Metohija to stop Kurti’s destructive campaign, all Serbs will either be expelled or arrested, and all achievements and agreements from the Dialogue will be trampled and nullified. If this is what they want and what their passive stance communicates, they should make it clear,“ the Office for Kosovo and Metohija stated.
The Ministry expects relevant international actors to respond promptly and protect the basic human and civil rights of Serbs and non-Albanians.
The Srpska Lista today accused Kosovo’s Prime Minister of „brutal aggression by Kurti’s factions“ and as part of a continued „plan for ethnic cleansing of Northern Kosovo and Metohija of anything with a Serbian prefix.“
They criticized the European Union for „diminishing its already weak authority and reputation in the eyes of the Serbian people.“
„Anemic statements and the silence of the international community empower Albin Kurti to continue persecuting the Serbian people, trampling on all agreements as well as the human, political, economic, and all other rights of the Serbian people,“ the party concluded.
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