Snap elections in the four northern municipalities are not expected to be held this year. The executive does not confirm that there is any initiative by the Serbian citizens in the north to remove the current mayors through a petition, while the opposition and those familiar with the electoral processes see it as impossible for the elections to take place this year.

Although Deputy Prime Minister Besnik Bislimi has said that they have agreed with the EU's requirements to avoid the request for the phone number in the context of signing the petition, his office said that even after this development, everything depends on the will of the citizens there to start the petition...