North Kosovo

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North Kosovo (Serbian: Северно Косово / Severno Kosovo, Albanian: Kosova Veriore), also known as the Ibar Kolašin (Serbian: Ибарски Колашин / Ibarski Kolašin, Albanian: Koloshini i Ibrit or Kollashini i Ibrit), earlier Old Kolašin, (Serbian: Стари Колашин / Stari Kolašin, Albanian: Koloshini i Vjetër or Kollashini i Vjetër) and colloquially known as the North (Serbian: Север / Sever, Albanian: Veriu), is a region in the northern part of Kosovo, generally understood as a group of four municipalities where ethnic Kosovo Serbs are the majority: North Mitrovica, Leposavić, Zvečan, and Zubin Potok. Until 2013, the region operated independently of Kosovo’s government structures, with Serbia-backed and financed so-called parallel institutions, as Serbs in North Kosovo refused to acknowledge and recognize the independence of Kosovo, declared in 2008. The Government of Kosovo opposed any kind of parallel institutions in the region. The parallel structures were abolished by the 2013 Brussels Agreement...

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