Post by sevenofnine on Aug 31, 2024 11:13:03 GMT -5
Was one of them named after Franz Ferindatd
The closure comes amid rising tensions in Kosovo-Serbia relations, despite the 13-year-long normalisation of talks facilitated by the European Union which have failed to make progress.
Authorities in Kosovo have closed five parallel institutions working with the ethnic Serb minority, a move that could further raise tensions with neighbouring Serbia.
Elbert Krasniqi, Kosovo's minister of local administration, on Friday, confirmed the closure of five so-called parallel institutions in the north —where most of the ethnic Serb minority lives—writing in a Facebook message that they "violate the Republic of Kosovo’s constitution and laws.”
According to the Kosovo police, the operation was carried out based on the request of the Ministry of Administration and Local Government to stop 'illegal activities'.
www.euronews.com/my-europe/2024/08/31/kosovo-shuts-down-five-serbian-institutions-in-the-north-of-the-country-fuelling-tensions
The closure comes amid rising tensions in Kosovo-Serbia relations, despite the 13-year-long normalisation of talks facilitated by the European Union which have failed to make progress.
Authorities in Kosovo have closed five parallel institutions working with the ethnic Serb minority, a move that could further raise tensions with neighbouring Serbia.
Elbert Krasniqi, Kosovo's minister of local administration, on Friday, confirmed the closure of five so-called parallel institutions in the north —where most of the ethnic Serb minority lives—writing in a Facebook message that they "violate the Republic of Kosovo’s constitution and laws.”
According to the Kosovo police, the operation was carried out based on the request of the Ministry of Administration and Local Government to stop 'illegal activities'.
www.euronews.com/my-europe/2024/08/31/kosovo-shuts-down-five-serbian-institutions-in-the-north-of-the-country-fuelling-tensions
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