4 hours agoAll shares of Kosovo state for establishing rule of law in the country's north
Periskopi(5 years ago)
(5 years ago)On Monday this week, the government led by Prime Minister Albin Kurti ordered sending special police to the country's north for implementation of the Serbian license plates to Kosovo territory. The action that began early yesterday morning is still continuing, as police presence in that section is protesting. And [...]
There have been interventions in the north by police earlier.
In fact, the first intervention in the northern part of Kosovo took place in July 2011. At that world Prime Minister Hashim Thaci ordered the intervention of special units aimed at restoring the country's sovereignty.
The intervention to control the northern part, which was away from the state's hands since its 2008 declaration of independence, was accompanied by massive opposition from local Serbs.
The clash between the special units of the armed Serbs even resulted in one being killed.
Enver Zymber, now Kosovo's hero, was the police officer who took over during the effort to restore rule of law in the north.
Interventions in the north ended quickly, however, later agreements in Brussels under the dialogue installed customs officers and Kosovo police officers, as well as formally dismissing them in the northern part of the state.
But tensions in the north did not stop.
In 2017 the intervention of elite police units in the north of the country was again seen.
This was after a train started by Belgrade, dubbed Russia's causeway as a reference to the state from which it was sent and bearing pro-volve inscriptions like HINA Kosovo is Serbia, stopped at the border by the country's most prepared police officers.
The train stopped the road in half before it reached the dystenation. However, the police also intervened on several other occasions.
In 2018, special unit police were forced to intervene again to arrest a Serbian politician.
Marko Djuric, former director of the so-called Office for Kosovo, faced a special police force ending up in handcuffs after entering Kosovo without pre-emptive permission from the country's authorities.
He even withdrew to Pristina, where he was cheered by many Kosovo citizens, writes Reporter.net.
Police intervened several more times, including the attempted arrest of Milan Radojcik, former deputy chairman of the Serbian List, who by the Kosovo Special Prosecutor, is suspected of the murder of Serbian politician Oliver Ivanovic.
Recently, elite police units intervened in the north to implement the government's decision to ban the entry of cars from Serbia with Serbian license plates.
This move came as reciprocity against Serbia, which gives cars with RKS promotional plates during travel across the neighbouring state.
