What Kosovo is called for, what Serbian media report

In Pristina it is claimed that the +381 prefix has been interrupted for Kosovo, while in Belgrade it is said to be a lie. Serbian N1 media says to have verified how it is possible to call people in Kosovo and according to this medium, whether the number +381 or +383 is up to who you call and who you call.

Until the answer is expected on whether the dialogue of Belgrade and Pristina will continue in Brussels, the question is how the deal has to be implemented in practice broadcast Koha.net.

At the end of 2016, the telecommunication agreement has been reached when it was said that Kosovo, instead of +381, will receive +383 prefix and that calls from Belgrade and those from Serbia would be treated as interlateral and non-international calls.

Special app has been formed for Kosovo citizens, which contacts from +377, +386 and +381 automatically convert to +383.

Nevertheless, as N1 writes, when it comes to mobile phones, in Leposaviq, for example, +381 is still working, until +383 is reportedly to be made.

Nenad Radosavljevic, owner of TV Mir from Leposaviqi, says the prefix change is the process that is continuing, but for now only a few operators pass +383.

You can actually still call from mobile phone 064, for example Pristina, exactly 038 without a problem. The announcements come for users of +377 and +386 network that they are slowly moving to +383, and that, for now, is the only change,” has clarified Radosavlevic.

For Dusan Yajniqi, from the Forum for Ethnic Relations, the entire account of the number caller (prefix) is a dirty political game for which both sides are guilty.

There are two kinds of interests in this game: politics and financials and the biggest losers are citizens, he says.

The looting of citizens is taking place, because with the cost of roaming, most of the networks in Kosovo have gone to +383, and those of us who call with +381 pay roting. It's a huge telecommunication authorities' insinuation, and behind them is the lobby. Try to get +383 to call from Belgrade, you can't, try from Ljubljana and, you'll get Kosovo. Thus, the opinion of Serbia” is maltreated, Janjic claims.

He adds that what is signed in the Brussels Agreement must be fulfilled. The +383 prefix has divided Kosovo exactly after Belgrade and Pristina reached the telecommunication agreement in 2016. Then both sides put forward their own victory.