{"id":81322,"date":"2025-11-10T20:54:43","date_gmt":"2025-11-10T19:54:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?p=81322"},"modified":"2025-11-10T21:05:30","modified_gmt":"2025-11-10T20:05:30","slug":"serbia-appoints-new-head-of-parallel-municipality-in-kosovo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/serbia-appoints-new-head-of-parallel-municipality-in-kosovo\/","title":{"rendered":"Serbia Appoints New Head of Parallel Municipality in Kosovo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Government of Serbia on Monday appointed Sre\u0107ko Spasi\u0107 as the head of the parallel Serbian municipality of Viti (Vitina) in Kosovo, just days after he withdrew from the mayoral runoff race in Klokot scheduled for November 9 in Kosovo, to support the Serb List candidate.<\/p>\n<p>Spasi\u0107 was appointed as the head of the Provisional Municipal Body of Viti, despite the fact that this parallel structure had been shut down by Kosovo authorities earlier this year.<\/p>\n<p>Kosovo considers all Serbian provisional municipal bodies and state institutions operating on its territory as illegal. Belgrade, however, has refused to dissolve these structures and has relocated most of them within Serbian territory.<\/p>\n<p>The Serbian Government\u2019s decision to appoint Spasi\u0107 was published on Monday in the country\u2019s Official Gazette, following its adoption on November 6\u2014three days after Spasi\u0107 withdrew from the race and publicly urged his supporters to vote for his Serb List rival, Bo\u017eidar Dejanovi\u0107.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Government of Serbia on Monday appointed Sre\u0107ko Spasi\u0107 as the head of the parallel Serbian municipality of Viti (Vitina) in Kosovo, just days after he withdrew from the mayoral runoff race in Klokot scheduled for November 9 in Kosovo, to support the Serb List candidate. 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