2023 Kosovo 2023: Serb community could permanently cut ties with authorities in Pristina?
2023 Kosovo 2023: Serb community could permanently cut ties with authorities in Pristina?

Author(s): Not Specified Author
Subject(s): Politics, Governance, Government/Political systems, Electoral systems, Ethnic Minorities Studies
Published by: IFIMES Mednarodni inštitut za bližnjevzhodne in balkanske študije
Keywords: Kosovo; Pristina; Serb community; 2023; tensions;
Summary/Abstract: In Kosovo, extraordinary local elections will be held on 23 April 2023 in four predominantly Serb municipalities in the north of Kosovo (Severna Mitrovica, Leposavić, Zubin Potok and Zvečan) to elect the municipal mayors as well as councilors for the municipal councils in Leposavić and Zvečan. The extraordinary local elections will be held after the mayors and municipal councilors from the Srpska lista /Serb List/ party had left the Kosovo institutions in four municipalities in the north of Kosovo as a protest against the decision of the Kosovo Government on mandatory reregistration of vehicles from former Serbian (KM) to RKS registration plates. The elections were to be held on 18 December 2022, but due to unfavorable security situation have been postponed for 23 April 2023. The official election campaign will take place from 4 April to 21 April 2023.

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