Digital clocks in Europe delayed again because of Kosovo, Serbia sanctions

At the Serbian-language DW portal, it is noted that the causes of frequency disorder on the European power network have not yet been shut down, and that in early July digital clocks synchronized through network frequencies have again begun to work in an incorrect way.

Problems have occurred since early March, when it was found that this was happening because of the dispute between Serbia and Kosovo. Unlike other concertes of Balkan countries, Kosovo's Elektrodittribution, COSTT is not a member of the European Federation of Elektroditribution ENTSO-E, recalls DW, transmits Koha.net.

According to this source, it is due to the fact that Kosovo has not yet recognised Serbia and some EU countries, such as Spain or Romania.

Kosovo does not have its own regulatory zone, respectively, the network in which distributors should minimize oscillations. Kosovo is a member of the SMM regulatory zone consisting of members of NTSO-E Serbia, Macedonia and Montenegro, Time broadcasts.

Serbia, as one of the most important countries, has refused to calm the oscillations from Kosovo, because they feel even outside of it.

European operators have activated the special compensation programme, which is automatically activated when deviations exceed 60 seconds. But that is not a sustainable solution, so now ENTSO-E has threatened Serbia with sanctions if it does not solve the problem with Kosovo. Nowhere is it stated what those sanctions would be, but ETSSO-E on its internet portal writes that their implementation could happen if proven that there is “the clear lack of will for the problem to be solved”, the DW points out.