{"id":22435,"date":"2021-10-13T13:54:50","date_gmt":"2021-10-13T11:54:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?p=22435"},"modified":"2021-10-13T13:54:50","modified_gmt":"2021-10-13T11:54:50","slug":"pm-kurti-reacts-to-tensions-in-northern-kosovo-linked-to-anti-smuggling-operation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/pm-kurti-reacts-to-tensions-in-northern-kosovo-linked-to-anti-smuggling-operation\/","title":{"rendered":"PM Kurti reacts to tensions in northern Kosovo linked to anti-smuggling operation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Kosovo\u2019s PM, Albin Kurti has come out with a reaction following today\u2019s incident in the country\u2019s northern region of Mitrovica, saying that the same operation that sparked all this adversary, is being carried out all across the rest of the country.<\/p>\n<p>Kurti also noted that crime and criminal groups won\u2019t be tolerated and that they will be fought, as will those that try to bring illegal contraband into the country.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, Kurti confirmed that today\u2019s police operation has finished and he called on residents of northern Mitrovica, to not allow themselves to be used by different Serbian media agencies that side with crime, corruption, and contraband while doing everything in their power to make every possible issue ethnic and political.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCrime and criminal groups won&#8217;t be tolerated and they will be fought. We\u2019ll fight contraband and prevent it.<\/p>\n<p>Today\u2019s police operation has wrapped up. I call on the citizens living in the commune of northern Mitrovica, don\u2019t fall prey to certain Serbian media that protect crime, corruption, and contraband, while trying to turn them into political and ethnic issues,\u201d \u2013 wrote Kurti.<\/p>\n<p><strong>YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"title-post\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/balkans\/2021\/10\/13\/this-kind-of-behavior-has-exceeded-every-limit-serbian-pm-asks-nato-to-restrain-kurti\/\">\u2018This kind of behavior has exceeded every limit\u2019, Serbian PM asks NATO to \u2018restrain\u2019 Kurti<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li class=\"title-post\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/kosovo\/2021\/10\/13\/tensions-escalate-in-northern-kosovo-as-serbian-minorities-clash-with-cops-during-anti-smuggling-raid\/\">Tensions rise in northern Kosovo as Serb minorities clash with cops during anti-smuggling raid<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li class=\"title-post\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/albania\/2021\/09\/25\/albin-kurti-attacks-in-northern-kosovo-will-not-be-tolerated\/\">Albin Kurti: Attacks in Northern Kosovo will not be tolerated<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kosovo\u2019s PM, Albin Kurti has come out with a reaction following today\u2019s incident in the country\u2019s northern region of Mitrovica, saying that the same operation that sparked all this adversary, is being carried out all across the rest of the country. 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