After three years of organizing the book fair in Gračanica, which is village that does not have even a bookstore, Pristina institutions denied the right to the citizens of that village to enjoy the books, at least for a fifteen days. Vidovdan Book Fair, which was to be held from 15 June to 01 July, was cancelled due to the ban on crossing the books in Serbian language to Kosovo and Metohija.
“Although the ban of the Ministry formally applies only to school textbooks in the Serbian language, it is clear that it applies for all categories of the books. In addition to a timely submitted request to the municipality of Gračanica, the Ministry of Culture on 13 June replied that the decision on books is beyond their competencies. The whole process was transferred to the Ministry of Education, which, again, stated that they are not competent to decide about it, and the whole “case” was returned to the Ministry of Culture,” was explained in a statement.
