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Kosovo closes two border crossings after local Serbs block roads

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Kosovo police close two border crossings with Serbia as tensions rise. Ethnic Serbs in the north of the country refuse to recognise Pristina as an independent state. People entering Kosovo with Serbian IDs will have to replace them with a temporary document during their stay in the country. No one was injured in the clashes.

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Reuters

Kosovo government postpones its plan for volatile north after tensions rise

The plan would have obliged Serbs in the north of the country to apply for car license plates issued by Pristina institutions over tensions between police and local communities.

1 year ago·United Kingdom

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Associated Press News

Kosovo delays measure stirring tensions with minority Serbs

Kosovo’s authorities have postponed a decision to implement a law on vehicle license plates and identity documents after minority Serbs rioted by blocking roads, turning on air raid sirens and

1 year ago·United States

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abc News

Kosovo: Serbia inciting minority protests to destabilize

Kosovo’s government is acccusing neighboring Serbia of trying to destabilize the country as ethnic Serbs block roads and conduct other incidents in the north

1 year ago·United States

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The Star Kuala Lumpur

Kosovo closes two border crossings after local Serbs block roads

Kosovo police said they closed two border crossings in the volatile north after local Serbs blocked roads and fired shots at police in protest at an order to switch Serb car license plates to Kosovan ones within two months.

1 year ago·Malaysia

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The Washington Post

Kosovo delays measure stirring tensions with minority Serbs

Kosovo’s authorities have postponed a decision to implement a law on vehicle license plates and identity documents after minority Serbs rioted by blocking roads, turning on air raid sirens and firing their guns into the air

1 year ago

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Kosovo: Serbia inciting minority protests to destabilize

By ZENEL ZHINIPOTOKU and LLAZAR SEMINI Associated PressPRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — Kosovo’s government is acccusing neighboring Serbia of trying to destabilize the country as ethnic Serbs block roads and conduct other incidents in the north. The unrest appears related to a dispute over the use of each country’s vehicle license plates and identity cards. A Kosovo government statement early Monday said that many “aggressive acts” like road blocking an…

1 year ago·Colorado Springs, United States

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