Unlike the first days, there were no incidents on Thursday, but there were provocations and insults against Albanians. Large Serbian flags were displayed, nationalist songs were played all the time, and in Leposaviq, a goat was taken with the name of the mayor Lulzim Hetemi written on it.
Serbian protesters in the three northern municipalities also gathered on Thursday to protest against the elected mayors, all Albanians, as well as their entry and the police forces into the main municipal buildings.
Unlike the first days, there were no incidents on Thursday, but there were provocations and insults against Albanians. Large Serbian flags were displayed, nationalist songs were played all the time, and in Leposaviq, a goat was taken with the name of the mayor Lulzim Hetemi written on it.
The protests in these three cities started last Friday, when the newly elected mayors were installed in the main municipal facilities with the help of police forces. They continued on Monday, when the biggest incidents were recorded. In Zveçan alone, 30 KFOR soldiers were injured, three of them with firearms.
In Leposavic, children are used for protest
Around 7:00, hundreds of protesters had gathered in the square in front of the Municipality in Leposavic. The protest started peacefully. The protesters came organized, and a large part of them were women.
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In Leposavic, children and animals are used for protest
They were also provided with food. Later some of the organizers brought sound equipment for a mini-concert. Those who performed the songs and poems were all children and teenagers. However, their texts talked about the so-called "Kosovo and Metohija" and how Kosovo is the heart of Serbia.
The protest continued peacefully.
A few hours later, the organizers brought a goat. They had placed a veil over her, and on the sides of her stomach were written the surname of the mayor of this municipality, Lulzim Hetemi.
One of the protesters took a pair of rubber boots, which are mainly used by farmers, and tried to run away from the animal. This amused the participants of the protest.
On Thursday, there was no burning or vandalizing of media cars, but again they were not welcome.
The only person who spoke to KFOR was the former mayor of this municipality, Zoran Tadić.
He said that the resistance will continue.
"Our request is that Mr. Hetemi leave the facility together with his associates, that the police forces leave the building. Then life will develop normally. Now life is paralyzed", said Tadiq.
Shortly after this statement, before 16:00 p.m., he together with representatives of the Serbian List, to whom Slakvo Simić, former deputy of the Assembly of Kosovo, entered the courtyard of the municipality to talk with KFOR soldiers. it. After a few minutes, ex-president Tadiq spoke to the media. He claimed that someone is not allowing Mayor Hetemi to leave the office.
"It is free to leave the facility. We do not accept the fact that he can represent us; this is because in the elections on April 23, no Serb, Bosniak, Gorani or Roma took part", said Tadić.
Hetemi has not left the building of Leposaviqi Municipality since Monday. He entered the building with the help of special units of the Kosovo Police and since then he has not moved from there.
Evidence is kept in Zveçan for the participants in the "Serbian resistance"
At exactly 7 o'clock, the employees of the parallel Municipality in Zveçan, whose activity is carried out illegally, began to sign.
They did this as a form of protest, as they are not allowed to enter the municipality facility, where the police have been stationed to ensure access to the elected president through the laws of Kosovo.
However, the mayor Ilir Peci did not go to work on Thursday.
Not even the police appeared there, while two of its armored cars continued to stand in front of the building.
After Monday's violence, in which 30 KFOR soldiers were injured, barriers have been set up to separate the protesters from the outnumbered Polish soldiers. They observed the situation from all sides of the building, and also from the balconies.
There were also helicopters over the sky of Zveçan.
On the fifth day of the protest, there were no tensions, but there were nationalist songs.
The leaders of the Serbian List, Goran Rakić and Igor Simić, were also present.
Unlike the day before when the health workers marched, on Thursday the workers of Trepca came to express their dissatisfaction.
In front of the media, they complained to the Special Units of the Kosovo Police.
"Since Friday, when the special units entered the north, our production has been interrupted, as the police have blocked the flotation and are not allowing the trucks to move," said miner Darko Millojević.
A message was also given by the chairman of the Serbian List, who said that the protesters are ready to help KFOR, even though four days ago they injured 30 soldiers.
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There are no protesters and half as many police at municipal facilities in the north
"As you have seen these days, the Serbian people have no problems with KFOR soldiers. And I use this opportunity to invite all citizens, so that if the soldiers need any help or assistance, to be at their service", said Goran Rakic, chairman of the Serbian List.
When the political leaders made their speeches, the crowd began to grow.
Chairs were also brought to keep them from standing.
A choreography was also made by some workers of a kindergarten.
Inside the yard of the municipality, where only members of KFOR and special forces stayed, permission to enter was also given to some cleaning workers.
There were no tensions.
At one point, the Serbian politician, Aleksandër Arsinijević, approached with a banner with the inscription "we are only protesting without violence". He did the parade for only a few minutes, after Serbs in the north of Mitrovica attacked two Albanians.
Arsinijevic presented a request to Prime Minister Albin Kurti and to internationals.
"With this order, I want to address Mr. Kurti, who yesterday called us a fascist crowd, who should return to Serbia or end up in prison. Citizens with hats are citizens who fear unfair prosecution by the justice system. We invite the international representatives to come to these three municipalities and see these people, talk to them", declared Arsenijević.
The protest was closed by some of the employees in the illegal Municipality of Zveçan, giving signatures for the end of the fixed schedule at 15:00.
The Minister of Internal Affairs, Xelal Sveçla, said that these signatures do not have the purpose of evidence of participation in work, but of participation in the protest, which, according to him, is being conditioned by the Serbian List.
When the workers went near the municipality building, others arrived, to continue what they consider resistance against the new mayor.
Even in Zubin-Potok, the mayor Zeqiri did not go to the municipality even on Thursday
Thursday's protest by local Serbs in front of the Municipality building in Zubin-Potok, who since Friday have been opposing the election of the new mayor, Izmir Zeqiri, as well as his deployment and the police forces in the main municipal facility.
Under blue, white and red tents, and in the company of coffee, the Serbs stayed near the municipality since eight o'clock in the morning. Only the explosion of a pyrotechnic device was heard in this area, for the eight hours that the protest lasted.
Mayor Izmir Zeqiri, whom the Serbs are opposing, did not even go to his office in the municipality this Thursday. Zeqiri is exercising his duties from the Office for Communities in the village of Çaber, as he says he has obeyed the recommendations of the United States of America.
"I also obey the recommendations, especially of the United States of America, but also of the European Union, so that we are not the factors that would inspire any violence because of actions", said Zeqiri. He said that he is informed by police units at any moment about the situation before the municipality.
"We will not release the facilities in any way, to work there for different services of Serbia and Russia. But at the moment we are here working, even though they are annexes of the Municipal Office, but we are informed every minute, every hour. We will see the space", he said.
According to Zeqir, the objections to his election come from criminal gangs and not from civilians.
"The gangs that are attacking the order and the law, means we have seen these days that I believe that all the actors should see these things. We are in the middle of the legal action of the law and order and objections from different gangs, who aim to oppose and destroy the order and the Constitution of the Republic of Kosovo", he said.
To oppose his election, among the protesters on Thursday were the educators of preschool institutions, who were photographed in front of the municipality building where the flag of Kosovo is flying.
And, to the sounds of nationalist songs singing "Kosovo is Serbia", some children played and celebrated their International Day in Zubin-Potok.
Members of KFOR also observed the whole situation, where they sometimes communicated with the protesters. They stood at the turn in front of the municipality and behind it. Unlike the members of the special police units who rarely changed with each other, KFOR soldiers were replaced every 30 minutes.
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Few in number, the Serbs continue their protests in Zveçan and Leposaviq
The Police FIT unit was also on standby, which was inside and behind the municipality building. The situation was also observed from the sky. A KFOR helicopter was seen circling the area four times.
The protests in these three cities started last Friday, when with the help of the police forces, the newly elected mayors were installed in the main municipal facilities. They continued on Monday, when the biggest incidents were recorded. In Zveçan alone, 30 KFOR soldiers were injured, three of them with firearms.
