{"id":56498,"date":"2023-06-28T20:19:15","date_gmt":"2023-06-28T18:19:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?p=56498"},"modified":"2023-06-28T20:21:07","modified_gmt":"2023-06-28T18:21:07","slug":"kurti-visits-police-units-in-north-kosovo-serb-list-calls-it-slap-in-face-to-internationals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/kurti-visits-police-units-in-north-kosovo-serb-list-calls-it-slap-in-face-to-internationals\/","title":{"rendered":"PM Kurti visits police units in north Kosovo, Serb List calls it \u201cprovocation\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Kosovo\u2019s Prime Minister Albin Kurti visited police units in northern Kosovo, on the occasion of the Eid al-Adha holiday.<\/p>\n<p>Accompanied by the Minister of Internal Affairs Xhelal Sve\u00e7la, and his deputy Blerim Gashani, Kurti stopped at the multi-ethnic settlement of \u201cKroi i Vitakut\u201d in the municipality of North Mitrovica.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHigh professional readiness is a guarantee for the enforcement of law and public safety, which is offered to all citizens without distinction,\u201d Kurti wrote on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/albini2017\/videos\/5931962340241661\/?ref=embed_video\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Facebook<\/span><\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Serb List, the largest party representing Serbs in Kosovo with the support of official Belgrade, reacted to this visit.<\/p>\n<p>According to them, Kurti\u2019s visit to northern Kosovo is \u201ca strong slap in the face to the international community and another threat to Serbs in Kosovo\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>However, they did not provide any evidence for these claims.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWho will now be held responsible for this provocation?\u201d asked the Serb List.<\/p>\n<p>Tensions in northern Kosovo, an area predominantly inhabited by Serbs, have been high since the end of May when Albanian mayors entered municipal buildings despite the resistance of local Serb residents.<\/p>\n<p>The ongoing protests have escalated into violence between Serbian demonstrators and NATO\u2019s KFOR mission soldiers.<\/p>\n<p>While Kosovo and Serbia blame each other for the violence, the international community continuously calls for the de-escalation of the situation.<\/p>\n<p>Among the main demands of the international community are the withdrawal of special units of the Kosovo Police from the north and the holding of new elections in the region.<\/p>\n<p>Kurti insists that he \u201ccannot compromise with the democratic republic\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kosovo\u2019s Prime Minister Albin Kurti visited police units in northern Kosovo, on the occasion of the Eid al-Adha holiday. 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