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Amid the open displeasure of the US, EU, opposition parties and local Serbs in the North, the government has started implementing penalties for illegal use of license plates.
After Western pressure, Prime Minister Albin Kurti announced that his government will postpone the implementation of its decision to make drivers change Serbian vehicle licence plates for Kosovo ones from November 1.
Deputy Prime Minister Besnik Bislimi was unable to join a panel discussion in Belgrade and ordered to return to return to Kosovo after Serbian authorities announced 'security concerns' about his visit.
Kosovo Serb citizens are afraid to re-register their cars with RKS license plates due to pressure from organized crime structures, the Rapporteur for Kosovo in the European Parliament, says.
After gathering data from 900 survivors of wartime sexual assault, the Kosovo Rehabilitation Centre for Torture Victims concluded that rape was used as a weapon of war during the Kosovo conflict.
