On 30 August, the Kosovo Police closed several parallel Serb institutions in north Kosovo, including parallel municipalities of Mitrovica, Zvečan, Zubin Potok and Leposavić. In addition to the municipalities, there are still enterprises, kindergartens, primary and secondary schools, and public universities directly funded by the Serbian government, located in towns and villages with a Serbian population.
According to Kosovo’s laws, these institutions are illegal. However, in 2013 Serbia and Kosovo reached an agreement during the Brussels dialogue on the normalisations of relations to create an Association of Serb majority municipalities which would serve as a framework for Serb autonomy in Kosovo and formal relations to Serbia. Nevertheless, the agreement has yet to be implemented.
