The Serbian List, the largest Serb party in Kosovo supported by Belgrade, announced that on January 25, unknown individuals threw a Molotov cocktail in front of the family home of its activist, Aleksandra Popović, in Ranilug, a Serb-majority municipality in southeastern Kosovo.

This explosive device, according to the Serbian List, hit the family car of the Popović family, “completely burning it.”

Earlier, the Serbian People’s Movement announced that on January 24, unknown individuals attempted to set fire to one of its billboards in Mogillë, near Kllokot, also a Serb-majority municipality in the Gjilan region.

This billboard was located opposite the family home of Divna Andrews, a candidate for deputy in the Kosovo Assembly from the Serbian People’s Movement.

The Kosovo Police in the Gjilan region confirmed that both incidents have been reported and that the cases are under investigation.

The Serbian List and the Serbian People’s Movement claim that these incidents are “politically motivated attacks.”

“There is no doubt that this is a politically motivated attack and an attempt to intimidate the electoral council members of the Serbian List, aiming to prevent them from monitoring and controlling the elections, in order to favor certain other parties preferred by Pristina,” the Serbian List stated.

Meanwhile, Milija Biševac from the Serbian People’s Movement has called on the international community to respond regarding the attempt to burn their billboard, declaring that elections cannot be held under such conditions.

“You have not scared us,” the party declared.

The parliamentary elections in Kosovo are scheduled for February 9, and apart from the Serbian List, five other political entities representing the Serbian community will participate: the Serbian People’s Movement, For Freedom, Justice and Survival, the Kosovo Serb Party, Serbian Democracy, and the Civic Initiative Popular Justice.

However, for participation in the upcoming elections in Kosovo, the Serbian List exclusively enjoys Belgrade’s support, as it has boycotted Kosovo institutions for over two years, in line with the decision to abandon northern institutions due to Prime Minister Albin Kurti’s government’s insistence on banning Serbian license plates.

The Serbian List has won over 90% of the votes in all elections it has participated in since its formation in 2013, but the European Union’s observer mission wrote in its 2021 reports about the “monopoly and intimidation” by the candidates and activists of this party.