PRISTINA, Aug 8 /ATA/Igor Popovic has been found guilty and sentenced by the First-Instance Court in Pristina to a fine of 3,000 euros, along with the supplementary measure of expulsion from the territory of Kosovo for a period of two years, following a plea agreement with the Special Prosecution of the Republic of Kosovo.
Per the act of indictment submitted on August 4, 2025, by the Special Prosecution of the Republic of Kosovo (SPRK), Igor Popovic, serving as assistant director of the so-called Office for Kosovo within the Government of Serbia, knowingly and intentionally incited and publicly spread hatred and intolerance among ethnic groups.
On July 18, 2025, at around noon in Rahovec, he addressed a large crowd with a public speech that included incendiary and hate-filled language, fueling ethnic tensions.
The presiding judge, Kujtim Krasniqi, stated that the accused, Igor Popovic, has been found guilty of the criminal offense of “incitement to division and intolerance” under Article 141, paragraph 1 of the Penal Code of the Republic of Kosovo.
According to him, the court, in accordance with criminal and procedural provisions, sentenced Popovic to six months imprisonment, a sentence which, with the consent of the accused, was commuted to a fine of 3,000 euros.
Krasniqi added that the court also imposed an additional penalty: the expulsion of Popovic from the territory of the Republic of Kosovo and a two-year ban on his entry.
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