Kosovo closes two border crossings with Serbia after protest

Kosovo reopened 2 border crossings with Serbia following end of roadblocks

There are no obstacles to traffic in, out of border crossings, says Kosovo's internal minister - Anadolu Ajansı

Kosovo reopens two Serbia border crossings after protests

PRISTINA — Kosovo on Saturday reopened two of its four border crossings with Serbia after protests on the Serbian side blocking cross-border traffic ended, the interior minister said. The Kosovar government shut the border at Brnjak and the larger crossing in the village of Merdare overnight. Both villages are located in troubled northern Kosovo, where a majority of ethnic Serbs in several districts outnumber ethnic Albanians, who overwhelmingly…

Kosovo Closes Two Border Crossings With Serbia After Protest

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Kosovo closes two border crossings with Serbia after protest

Kosovo said on Saturday it had closed two border crossings with Serbia after protesters on Serbian soil partially blocked roads and turned back passengers with Kosovo documents in protest over recent tensions in Kosovo's volatile north.

Kosovo has closed two border crossings to Serbia.

Serbs Block Border As Kosovo Cracks Down On Parallel Municipalities

People were getting on a bus in the Serbian capital, Belgrade, on September 6 to join a border blockade. Activists from Kosovo and Serbia unfurled banners across Serbia's access routes to Kosovo, and vigilante patrols checked drivers, letting only those with Serbian documents drive through. Serbian police did not interfere. Kosovar authorities, meanwhile, suspended traffic at the Brnjak and Merdare border gates. The protesters oppose Kosovo's cl…