{"id":65144,"date":"2024-01-26T18:35:26","date_gmt":"2024-01-26T17:35:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?p=65144"},"modified":"2024-01-26T18:19:08","modified_gmt":"2024-01-26T17:19:08","slug":"minister-svecla-four-parallel-serbian-municipalities-in-kosovo-closed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/minister-svecla-four-parallel-serbian-municipalities-in-kosovo-closed\/","title":{"rendered":"Minister Sve\u00e7la: Four parallel Serbian municipalities in Kosovo closed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Kosovo&#8217;s Interior Minister, Xhelal Sve\u00e7la, announced that the Kosovar authorities on Friday closed four parallel Serbian municipalities that were operating illegally in Dragash district in the southern city of Prizren.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Serbia&#8217;s only institution in the Republic of Kosovo will be its embassy in Pristina&#8221;, said Sve\u00e7la.<\/p>\n<p>The Minister of Local Government Administration of Kosovo, Elbert Krasniqi, said in a video on Facebook that the parallel municipalities were closed in the village of Vranisht in Dragash, they had been operating in a common facility, writes Radio Free Europe.<\/p>\n<p>He added that they acted and issued illegal documents to the citizens of Prizren, Suharek\u00eb, Rahovec and Dragash municipalities.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The activity of the parallel structures of Serbia has come to an end. These objects cannot exist. Their functionality is against the law. Kosovo has municipalities that are responsible for providing services to all citizens and this facility, like other facilities that have operated in Kosovo, are outside the jurisdiction of Kosovo and they have no place in Kosovo&#8221;, said Krasniqi.<\/p>\n<p>Today&#8217;s decision comes a day after the Kosovar authorities removed a billboard in Zve\u00e7an, with pictures of various personalities &#8211; including the president of Serbia and that of Russia &#8211; on the grounds that symbols of persons who have an aggressive approach to Kosovo will not be allowed.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Yesterday in Zve\u00e7an and today in Dragash, as we promised, order and law everywhere and in every corner of the Republic of Kosovo&#8221;, Sve\u00e7la wrote on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kosovo&#8217;s Interior Minister, Xhelal Sve\u00e7la, announced that the Kosovar authorities on Friday closed four parallel Serbian municipalities that were operating illegally in Dragash district in the southern city of Prizren. &#8220;Serbia&#8217;s only institution in the Republic of Kosovo will be its embassy in Pristina&#8221;, said Sve\u00e7la. 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