Two Leposavić councilors detained for pasting posters, then released with a fine

Two local councilors from Leposavić, Vladimir Radosavljević and Aleksandar Lazović, were detained by police in North Mitrovica after allegedly displaying posters critical of NATO and KFOR. The posters, written in English, accused the international forces of complicity in the expulsion of Serbs from Kosovo.

Radosavljević, a member of the Serbian Democrats party, shared a video on social media showing himself and Lazović affixing the posters near the main KFOR headquarters in Pristina. The party later confirmed their detention, which occurred shortly after the video's online release.

According to reports, the councilors were taken to the North Mitrovica police station. Veton Eljšani, deputy director of the Police for the North region, confirmed their release. They were fined for disturbing public order in connection with the poster-hanging incident.

The incident highlights ongoing tensions and differing perspectives regarding the role of international forces in Kosovo and the treatment of the Serb population.

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NATO and KFOR are accomplices in the expulsion of Serbs from Kosovo.