International media report abandoning Kosovo institutions by Serbs

Their decision came as a sign of protest as a result of the dismissal of a police official who failed to enforce the Government's decision on auto plates.

Media and international news agencies are also reporting this development.

“Reuters” writes how Kosovo authorities this week dismissed a senior police official in the north, where a large portion of Serbian citizens live, who are refusing to respect the decision to change plates from those issued by Serbia to RKS. The change has sparked explosive issues about Kosovo's sovereignty, especially among its Serb minority, many of whom still want the former Serbian province to be part of Serbia and not independent, writes Klakosova.tv.

The article explains procedures about the passage by illegal plates issued by Serbia with acronyms of Kosovo cities to the legal ones of the Republic of Kosovo.

Serbs have a government minister, 10 deputies and other senior posts in the municipality, police and judiciary. All resigned, and police officials symbolically stripped off their uniforms after a meeting Saturday. The effect of mass resignation remains unclear.

The AP news agency reported likewise. The dispute over license plates has sparked tensions between Serbia and Kosovo in this article.

After a meeting between Serbian political representatives in northern Kosovo, Minister for Communities and Kthim Goran Rakic said he was resigning from his post in the Kosovo government.

He told reporters that even his fellow minority representatives of <x0...50 thousand Serbs in the north have also resigned from their positions in municipal administration, in courts, police, as well as at the Assembly and Government in Pristina.

Rakiqi, always according to the AP, said they would not consider returning to their posts unless Pristina annuls the decision to change their old car license plates.

He also said they have sought the formation of the Association of Serb majority municipalities to grant Serb majority regions greater autonomy.

It also mentions the statement of Blerim Vela, Kosovo President Vjosa Osmani's chief of staff, who accused Belgrade of targeting Kosovo's destabilisation by supporting Serbs in the north.

“reports toReuters” and AP have retransmitted many other major international media.