Krasniqi said that, after a long debate between producers and processors, a temporary agreement had been reached. According to him, all parties have committed to ensuring that the Ministry publishes the results of the laboratory analyses of the samples taken as soon as possible.

He also said it had been clarified that the samples were not taken only from “Vita,” but also from other dairies. Meanwhile, according to him, “Vita” will begin collecting milk starting tonight.

“After a lengthy discussion between producers and processors, in this case also with the dairy ‘Vita’ and the minister, all actors committed that the Ministry, through the AUV, would publish the results from the samples taken as soon as possible. It was said that the reason for the delay in the results is related to the analysis process and that it is not an issue concerning only the dairy ‘Vita,’ but that samples have also been taken from other dairies. ‘Vita’ committed that starting tonight it will begin collecting milk from farmers, for the sake of fairness and as part of the temporary agreement,” Krasniqi said.

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The protest began at 13:00. The farmers arrived with tractors and work vehicles, while the atmosphere was accompanied by the constant sound of horns.

During the gathering, they poured milk first in the ministry’s courtyard and then near the institution.

When the protesters tried to get closer to the ministry, there were several verbal clashes with police officers, but this did not stop them from moving up near the building.

At the protest, banners could also be seen bearing the slogans: “The farmer is not the enemy,” “Don’t touch jobs,” “Don’t leave us without bread,” “Our work, our right,” and others.

Fidan Krasniqi, a representative of the Dairy Producers Association, spoke about the reasons for organizing the protest.

Krasniqi: For a year now, we have been demanding equal competition

“We have gathered in front of the Ministry of Agriculture as the association of milk producers in support of our farmers, our membership, the collection points, all stakeholders, interest groups, because we are the producers of this country and we produce milk for this country, for this population. For a year now, we have been knocking on the doors of the state, informing the relevant ministries about the situation created in this sector and asking that measures be taken to guarantee investment and the safety of our products so that we have equal competition and not imports at subsidized prices from Serbia, Bosnia, North Macedonia and the entire region. All of you are witnesses to these products and accuse us as to why those products are sold on our shelves at very low prices,” Krasniqi said.

Another participant in the protest, Kushtrim Tigani, called for the publication of results related to the presence of powdered milk.

Tigani: The Ministry of Agriculture and the Food and Veterinary Agency should come out with the results

“As the largest dairy in Kosovo, we collect more than 50% of Kosovo’s milk. All these farmers bring us more than 100,000 liters of milk per day. I call on some Facebook soldiers who are coming out and smearing this hardworking farmer and all those farmers who produce milk and process milk, and I urge the Minister of Agriculture and the Food and Veterinary Agency to publish as soon as possible the results of what they found regarding the presence of powdered milk, because there is no powdered milk and they know there is no powdered milk. Let them come out with the results as soon as possible, because even for the analysis of ‘Vita’ milk it takes weeks for the result to come out,” Tigani said.

After the protest ended, the protesters left with their vehicles. Meanwhile, a meeting is currently taking place between the farmers and the Ministry of Agriculture, and statements are expected afterward.

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He stressed that farmers are being pushed toward such extreme actions as a form of protest because of the problems they have been facing in selling their products.

“The caretaker government, with a hostile approach, is directly targeting local producers, the welfare of the farmer, his family and our entire economy.

I call on the institutions to reflect and to take the farmers’ demands seriously and to compensate for the damage caused.

They should not treat them as opponents, but as partners in the country’s economic development,” he wrote.

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As a sign of revolt, they poured milk onto the ground during the protest, after its collection was temporarily halted four days ago, on the eve of the temporary closure of the Vita dairy.

The protesters presented three concrete demands: the immediate resumption of milk collection, the swift publication of test results to remove suspicions surrounding domestic products, and the restoration of the previous milk price to prevent farms from going bankrupt.

During the gathering, the farmers demanded that the state treat them “with dignity and respect.” It was also said there that “Vita’s milk belongs to Kosovo, not Serbia.”

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