Since 1999, thousands of Serbian citizens of Kosovo continue to work in parallel institutions, omunicipalities, companies, public enterprises, kindergartens, primary and secondary schools, as well as public universities financed and managed by the state of Serbia, writes Radio Free Europe. 

These mechanisms, although illegal under Kosovo law, have not ceased to operate despite Kosovo's independence in 2008.

Within the Kosovo-Serbia dialogue on the normalization of relations, ethe promise to eliminate them was reached in April 2013, but its full implementation on the ground remained unrealized.

Within the framework of the dialogue, Kosovo and Serbia also agreed on the establishment of a Community of Serbian municipalities where there is a majority Serbian population, which would have "full jurisdiction" in certain areas, such as: spatial planning, health, education, economic development, etc.

However, the Government of Kosovo never implemented this agreement, arguing that it could threaten the functionality of the state.

The Prime Minister of Kosovo, Albin Kurti, and the President of Serbia, Aleksandar Vucic, at a meeting in Ohrid, on March 18, agreed on the implementation of the new agreement towards normalization, supported by the European Union.

This agreement stipulates, among other things, that the Serbian community in Kosovo will receive "an appropriate level of self-governance".

In a report to the Assembly of Kosovo on March 23, Kurti said that "self-governance is neither self-governance nor self-administration" and added that former agreements with Serbia cannot be avoided.

The EU's special envoy for the Kosovo-Serbia dialogue, Miroslav Lajcak, stated in an interview with Radio Free Europe that Kosovo has an obligation to immediately start implementing the part of the normalization agreement, which is related to the establishment of the Community of Serbian Municipalities of Kosovo.