174 Cryptocurrency Mining Machines Seized in Kosovo

Announcing the operation on his Twitter account, Kosovo’s Economy Minister Artane Rizvanolli said: “The police seized 174 illegal crypto mining devices in Zubin Potok. Failure to pay electricity bills encourages such illegal activities. For this reason, Serbia is blocking the implementation of the energy agreement. We have fulfilled all our commitments. The time has come for the other party to do the same.” he used the phrase.

“After a successful Kosovo police and customs operation against cryptomining, the Serbian government openly supports criminal activity in northern Kosovo and tries to portray it as an attack on local Serbs,” Balım Vela, President’s Chief of Staff from Kosovo, Vjosa Osmani. , he wrote on his social media account. shared.

In a written statement made by the Kosovo Office of the Government of Serbia, it was stated that the raids carried out by the Kosovo Special Police Unit (ROSU) in the north of the country were targeting Serbs.

In the statement, it was argued that the raids carried out by ROSU on the day considered holy for the Serbian Orthodox Church included “harassment against the Serbian people.”

ELECTRICITY AND WATER BILLS ARE NOT PAID SINCE 1999

In January 2022, Kosovo banned the production of cryptocurrencies in the entire country due to the negative effects of the conditions created by the global energy crisis.

Citizens of 4 municipalities in northern Kosovo, mostly populated by Serbs, have not paid their electricity and water bills since the end of the Kosovo War in 1999.

The cost of these bills, which are covered by the Kosovo budget, is claimed to be more than 300 million euros. (AA)