
A heart symbol and the letters “Mitrovica” now cover a road in northern Kosovo, replacing the symbol “K. Mitrovica” written in Cyrillic.
Visar Syla, chief of staff of the mayor of this municipality, Erden Atiq, said that this is a municipal project, which will remove Cyrillic signs from every corner of the municipality.
The decision of the Municipality of North Mitrovica has immediately prompted a reaction from Serbian political parties. During the removal of this symbol and the placement of the letters "Mitrovica" in the Latin alphabet, the Serbian List has produced an election video opposing the action.
Milan Radojevic, this party's candidate for mayor of this municipality in the October 12 elections, has accused the government of "provocations by the Kurti regime."
The Civic Initiative "North for All" blamed Mayor Atiq for this action. They said that removing the sign offends not only the majority of citizens in North Mitrovica, but the entire Serbian community in Kosovo.
" Because the denial and removal of the Cyrillic alphabet from public life, which is a constitutional and legal category, is a direct attack on its multiethnic and multicultural character ," it is said in response to this initiative.
Meanwhile, local media have also emphasized the omission of the word "Veriut" as the official name of the municipality. Regarding this issue, Syla briefly said that the budget was only enough to write "Mitrovica".
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