In what seems to be a recurring episode of political theatre from the north, the Serb List has once again portrayed a legitimate police operation as an act of “terrorism.” This time, their outrage follows a coordinated investigation by Kosovo’s law enforcement in Zubin Potok and Zveçan—an operation linked to the 2013 murder of an EULEX official. Seven suspects were detained and later released, but that was enough for the Serb List to declare a national tragedy.
According to the Serb List, Kosovo’s police were “armed to the teeth” and “terrorized innocent citizens.” In reality, they were simply doing their job—investigating a serious war-era crime. Apparently, the mere sight of the rule of law in action is enough to send shockwaves through a political group built on victimhood narratives and dependency on Belgrade’s approval.
The Serb List dramatically described the operation as a “political revenge” after their so-called “victory” in the recent local elections of October 12. The claim would almost be amusing—if it weren’t so revealing. Instead of welcoming justice and transparency, the party prefers to twist every event into proof of persecution, turning criminal suspects into martyrs and legitimate investigations into political attacks.
In their statement, the Serb List accused Prishtina of “nervousness and weakness,” implying that the government seeks to “compensate its electoral losses” by targeting Serbs. What they fail to mention, however, is that their entire political survival depends on portraying Serbs in Kosovo as victims of democracy rather than participants in it.
The irony is hard to ignore: a party that proudly serves Belgrade’s political agenda now cries “intimidation” when Kosovo’s institutions function like those of any normal state. The real intimidation lies not in the police enforcing the law, but in the Serb List’s insistence that Serbs in the north must live in constant defiance of it.
In short, the Serb List’s latest statement isn’t a defense of justice—it’s a defense of impunity. And if every police investigation becomes a “terrorist act” in their eyes, perhaps the problem isn’t with Kosovo’s police, but with their own reflection in the mirror of accountability.
