On December 27, the Kosovo police closed another institution that operated according to the Serbian system - the Public Enterprise for Urbanism in North Mitrovica - the deputy director of the police for the northern region, Veton Elshani, confirmed for Radio Free Europe.
He indicated that the Police reacted after receiving information that such an enterprise is located in a residential building near the Technical School in North Mitrovica, and then this information was proven to be correct.
"After the prosecutor of the case was contacted, the documents that were found there were confiscated and several people were interviewed and the case of falsification of documents is attached to the previous case that we had with the parallel structure of North Mitrovica", said Elshani, adding that no arrests have been made in this case.
A day earlier, two Serbian public enterprises, which worked according to the Serbian system, were closed: the Directorate for Residential and Business Space and the Directorate for Building Land.
According to the Minister of Internal Affairs of Kosovo, Xhelal Sveçla, these illegally closed institutions have collected payments from citizens and businesses for the use of "facilities that are under their management".
Meanwhile, Lista Serbe, the main party of Serbs in Kosovo that has the support of Belgrade, has said that the Government of Prime Minister Albin Urti is continuing with "illegal, escalating actions" in the north of Kosovo.
From this party they said that they will talk with the employees of the closed institutions to examine the possibilities of support and help that can be offered to them.
Institutions in Kosovo that operate in the Serbian system are considered illegal, and for this reason, their closure began at the beginning of the year.
Until now, some temporary municipal bodies have been closed, the Post of Serbia in northern Kosovo, the Postal Savings Bank, the Institute for Pension and Invalidity Insurance in North Mitrovica, the vault of the People's Bank of Serbia in Leposavic, as well as some municipal companies.
Likewise, Kosovo has banned the use of the Serbian dinar, which has made it difficult to pay salaries for members of the Serbian community who receive salaries from the Serbian budget.
The Government of Kosovo has said that it has taken these steps to extend sovereignty, but it has been criticized by the international community, which demands that these issues be resolved within the framework of the Brussels dialogue, in order to avoid increasing tensions on the ground.
On the other hand, Serbia refuses to close its institutions in the territory of Kosovo and has moved most of them near the border points on the Serbian side. REL (A2 Televizion)
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