{"id":81963,"date":"2025-12-18T18:44:26","date_gmt":"2025-12-18T17:44:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?p=81963"},"modified":"2025-12-18T21:45:13","modified_gmt":"2025-12-18T20:45:13","slug":"northern-municipalities-vote-to-withdraw-from-the-association-of-kosovo-municipalities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/northern-municipalities-vote-to-withdraw-from-the-association-of-kosovo-municipalities\/","title":{"rendered":"Northern municipalities vote to withdraw from the Association of Kosovo Municipalities"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Serb-majority municipalities in northern Kosovo \u2014 North Mitrovica, Leposaviq, Zve\u010dan, and Zubin Potok \u2014 voted on Thursday to withdraw from the Association of Kosovo Municipalities, as they seek to become part of a separate association of Serb-majority municipalities in the country.<\/p>\n<p>This decision comes after Srpska Lista \u2014 the largest Kosovo Serb party backed by Serbia \u2014 regained power in these four municipalities following the October local elections.<\/p>\n<p>The new mayors from this party had announced in early December that they would review the decisions taken by the previous Albanian mayors.<\/p>\n<p>They warned of a \u201cthorough review of the inherited legal and financial situation, so that in the coming period decisions will be made in accordance with the law and in the best interest of citizens.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Mayor of North Mitrovica, Millan Radojevi\u0107, justifying the request to withdraw from the Association of Kosovo Municipalities, said that this had never been the wish of the Serb population in the municipality and that it was a \u201cpolitical decision.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>North Mitrovica, Leposaviq, Zve\u010dan, and Zubin Potok were led by Albanian mayors from May 2023 until the October 2025 elections, after representatives of Srpska Lista resigned in November 2022 as part of a collective initiative by Serbs to abandon Kosovo institutions in protest against decisions by the Kosovo government.<\/p>\n<p>Under the leadership of the Albanian mayors, these municipalities joined the Association of Kosovo Municipalities in the summer of 2023.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Serb-majority municipalities in northern Kosovo \u2014 North Mitrovica, Leposaviq, Zve\u010dan, and Zubin Potok \u2014 voted on Thursday to withdraw from the Association of Kosovo Municipalities, as they seek to become part of a separate association of Serb-majority municipalities in the country. 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