Number of border police increase with Serbia following 100% tax

Last Wednesday, the Government of the Republic of Kosovo imposed a 100% tax on all goods entering Kosovo from Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina.

This decision was welcomed by Kosovo's institutions, businesses and citizens, but is continuing to be rejected by Serbian and Bosnian authorities.

After the tax was imposed, it was reported in the media that Serbs are not stopping transportation with goods, illegally introducing them on Kosovo territory.

Kosovo police have said that with the 100% tax imposed, forces at the border have also increased.

Kosovo's “Police in its plan, and in co-ordination and co-ordination of activities with KFOR, have added presence to this part of the border, to prevent and fight cross-border crime”, the police's response to the Indexline

“While in terms of possible cases of all nature they are published in the 24-hour KK reports you can refer to on a daily basis”, it is said further in the Kosovo Police's response.

As for the supply of food products, the interim chairman of northern Mitrovica, Aleksandar Spiric, has said Serbs there do not have enough food and that the reserves are nearly complete.

Numerous northern residents, in recent days, have complained about lack of food products as well as herbs.