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	The '''Community of Serbian municipalities'''<ref name="name">{{cite web\|url=http://inserbia.info/today/2013/11/community-of-serb-municipalities-in-kosovo-to-be-formed/\|publisher=inserbia.info\|date=2013-11-20\|accessdate=2014-03-30}}</ref> ({{lang-sr\|Заједница српских општина}} / ''Zajednica Srpskih Opština''; {{lang-sq\|Shoqata e komunave Serbe}}) is an association of ] with ] in ].{{efn\|name=status}} Its formation is predicted by the ] between ] and ].<ref name="Šta se navodi u sporazumu?">{{cite news\|url=http://www.b92.net/info/vesti/index.php?yyyy=2013&mm=04&dd=19&nav_category=640&nav_id=706723\|title=Šta se navodi u sporazumu?\|publisher=B92\|date=19 April 2013\|accessdate=14 October 2013}}</ref> This agreement represents an important step in process of ].<ref name="ODLUKA IZ BRISELA">{{cite web \| url = http://www.rs.boell.org/web/index-590.html \| title = ODLUKA IZ BRISELA \| work = \| year = 2013 \| publisher = ] \| accessdate = 2013-10-14}}</ref> By this agreement, it was also agreed that Serbia will not block ] and vice versa.<ref name="Šta se navodi u sporazumu?" /> This agreement was also praised by ] ] who said that it guarantees broad powers to municipalities with Serb majority in ].<ref name="Danas sjednica Vijeća sigurnosti o Kosovu">{{cite web \| url = http://balkans.aljazeera.net/vijesti/danas-sjednica-vijeca-sigurnosti-o-kosovu \| title = Danas sjednica Vijeća sigurnosti o Kosovu \| work = \| year = 2013 \| publisher = ] \| accessdate = 2013-10-14}}</ref> The Community includes these municipalities: ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], and possibly ]. In one interview for ], ] ] said that the establishment of an Association of Serb municipalities is in essence acceptable by the ] and ], while the ] party leader ] supported this by saying that the Constitution of Kosovo allows the association of municipalities, but without holding executive power. <ref name="Thaçi: Në Kosovë, Shoqata e komunave serbe">{{cite web\|url=http://top-channel.tv/artikull.php?id=252302\|title=Thaçi: Në Kosovë, Shoqata e komunave serbe\|language=Albanian\|publisher=top-channel.tv\|accessdate=14 October 2013}}</ref>		The '''Community of Serbian municipalities'''<ref name="name">{{cite web\|url=http://inserbia.info/today/2013/11/community-of-serb-municipalities-in-kosovo-to-be-formed/\|publisher=inserbia.info\|date=2013-11-20\|accessdate=2014-03-30}}</ref> ({{lang-sr\|Заједница српских општина}} / ''Zajednica Srpskih Opština''; {{lang-sq\|Shoqata e komunave Serbe}}) is an association of ] with ] in ].{{efn\|name=status}} Its formation is predicted by the ] between ] and ].<ref name="Šta se navodi u sporazumu?">{{cite news\|url=http://www.b92.net/info/vesti/index.php?yyyy=2013&mm=04&dd=19&nav_category=640&nav_id=706723\|title=Šta se navodi u sporazumu?\|publisher=B92\|date=19 April 2013\|accessdate=14 October 2013}}</ref> This agreement represents an important step in process of ].<ref name="ODLUKA IZ BRISELA">{{cite web \| url = http://www.rs.boell.org/web/index-590.html \| title = ODLUKA IZ BRISELA \| work = \| year = 2013 \| publisher = ] \| accessdate = 2013-10-14}}</ref> By this agreement, it was also agreed that Serbia will not block ] and vice versa.<ref name="Šta se navodi u sporazumu?" /> This agreement was also praised by ] ] who said that it guarantees broad powers to municipalities with Serb majority in ].<ref name="Danas sjednica Vijeća sigurnosti o Kosovu">{{cite web \| url = http://balkans.aljazeera.net/vijesti/danas-sjednica-vijeca-sigurnosti-o-kosovu \| title = Danas sjednica Vijeća sigurnosti o Kosovu \| work = \| year = 2013 \| publisher = ] \| accessdate = 2013-10-14}}</ref> The Community includes these municipalities: ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], and possibly ]. In one interview for ], ] ] said that the establishment of an Association of Serb municipalities is in essence acceptable by the ] and ], while the ] party leader ] supported this by saying that the Constitution of Kosovo allows the association of municipalities, but without holding legislative, judicial or executive power. <ref name="Thaçi: Në Kosovë, Shoqata e komunave serbe">{{cite web\|url=http://top-channel.tv/artikull.php?id=252302\|title=Thaçi: Në Kosovë, Shoqata e komunave serbe\|language=Albanian\|publisher=top-channel.tv\|accessdate=14 October 2013}}</ref>

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Community of Serbian municipalitiesЗаједница српских општина Zajednica srpskih opština Error: {{Lang}}: unrecognized language code: alb (help)
Location of the Association of Serb municipalities within Kosovo.
Capital	North Kosovska Mitrovica
Official languages	Serbian
Government

• President	TBD
• Vice-President	TBD

Currency	Euro Serbian dinar
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)

The Community of Serbian municipalities (Template:Lang-sr / Zajednica Srpskih Opština; Template:Lang-sq) is an association of municipalities with Serb majority in Kosovo. Its formation is predicted by the Brussels Agreement between Belgrade and Priština. This agreement represents an important step in process of accession of Serbia to the European Union. By this agreement, it was also agreed that Serbia will not block accession of Kosovo to the European Union and vice versa. This agreement was also praised by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon who said that it guarantees broad powers to municipalities with Serb majority in Kosovo. The Community includes these municipalities: North Kosovska Mitrovica, Zubin Potok, Leposavić, Zvečan, Štrpce, Klokot-Vrbovac, Gračanica, Novo Brdo, Ranilug, Parteš, and possibly Dragaš. In one interview for Radio Television of Kosovo, Prime Minister of Kosovo Hashim Thaçi said that the establishment of an Association of Serb municipalities is in essence acceptable by the Constitution of Kosovo and Ahtisaari Plan, while the AAK party leader Ramush Haradinaj supported this by saying that the Constitution of Kosovo allows the association of municipalities, but without holding legislative, judicial or executive power.

History

The Community was initially formed as the Association of Serb Municipalities and Settlements of Kosovo and Metohija (Zajednica srpskih opština i naselja Kosova i Metohije) in February 2003 in Kosovska Mitrovica, as an association of Serb majority municipalities in Kosovo and was considered illegitimate by the Albanian authorities of Kosovo, as it exercised legislative and executive authority over its territory, mostly in North Kosovo, through its Assembly. After the Brussels Agreement it was reformed as the Community of Serbian municipalities and its Assembly holds no legislative authority any more, having only a "full overview power in the areas of economic development, education, health, urban and rural planning" in accordance with the European Charter of Local Self-Government and Kosovo law.

Criticisms

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Symbols used in the 2013 local elections

Criticisms in the Albanian community

The Brussels agreement between Belgrade and Priština was criticized by representatives of Albanians in south Serbia as they believe that the Brussels agreement gives Serbs in Kosovo autonomy, and thus warrants a similar level of autonomy for the three Serbian municipalities, in Serbia proper, which have an Albanian majority. The radical Albanian nationalist party Vetëvendosje! has also staged violent protests against the agreement, as they believe that an autonomous Serb region within Kosovo would cripple the country's sovereignty and cement ethnic partition.

Criticisms in the Serbian community

The Brussels agreement has been criticized by the Democratic Party of Serbia which argued that it makes no mention of Serbia or its Constitution and laws, or UN Security Council Resolution 1244, while it does mention the Kosovo Constitution and laws, and therefore demanded a referendum on it. The Serbian Orthodox Church has called the agreement "a complete withdrawal of Serbia's institutions from the territory of its southern province and setting up limited autonomy of the Serb community in the area to the north of the Ibar bridge in Kosovska Mitrovica within Hashim Thaçi's establishment". Serbs in Northern Kosovo have also rallied against the agreement, and in support of the Assembly's continued rule in the Serb-majority municipalities.

Municipalities

There are ten municipalities in Kosovo with an ethnic Serb majority. Association would include these municipalities: North Kosovska Mitrovica, Zubin Potok, Leposavić, Zvečan, Štrpce, Klokot-Vrbovac, Gračanica, Novo Brdo, Ranilug and Parteš. Community has a total population of approximately 140,000 people.

Largest cities or towns in Association of Serb municipalities
(2011 census)

	Rank		District	Pop.
North Kosovska Mitrovica Leposavić	1	North Kosovska Mitrovica	District of Kosovska Mitrovica	22,000	Zvečan Gračanica, Kosovo
	2	Leposavić	District of Kosovska Mitrovica	20,600
	3	Zvečan	District of Kosovska Mitrovica	17,000
	4	Gračanica, Kosovo	District of Pristina	11,006
	5	Zubin Potok	District of Kosovska Mitrovica	8,479
	6	Štrpce	District of Uroševac	6,913
	7	Novo Brdo	District of Pristina	6,720
	8	Ranilug	District of Pristina	3,785
	9	Parteš	District of Gnjilane	2,865
	10	Klokot	District of Gnjilane	2,556