Police: Protest in the north has ended calm, participants were about 1,000 and 800 people

Police have also announced that about 1,800 people are involved in the protest.

“protests in which about 1,800 persons participated, including those from different regions who came in organised by bus and car, completed at 12:30 and went smoothly without any incident”, the report follows.

Police also stress that in connection with the protest held today (12.02,2024) o'clock in the square of Mitrovica North, Kosovo Police have long undertaken the necessary police measures aimed at providing security, law enforcement and public calm before and after the end of the protest.

The protest has been warned by the organiser, which in this case was the pensioners' association as well as, in principle, received the consent of municipal authorities to exploit public space”, is said among others in the communiqué.

Also, it says, Kosovo police every time have recognised and recognised citizens' right to public gatherings, free speech at public gatherings, protests and manifestations in accordance with the Constitution and laws in power.

Otherwise, Serbs today protested in the north against the BEC regulation that prohibits the use of the dinar as payment tool.