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. A small group of protesters gathered a few kilometres inside Serbia, near at least three border crossings, and were checking whether drivers had Kosovo-issued travel documents.

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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.

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MERDARE, Serbia (Reuters) -     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. Read full story

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MERDARE, Serbia - 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. Read more at straitstimes.com.

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Kosovo’s interior minister said the nation re-opened two border crossings with Serbia after Serbian groups removed their own blockades, in an apparent de-escalation of tensions in the region.

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Kosovo Closes Two Border Sites Following Serbian Road Blockades

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

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Kosovo reopened 2 border crossings with Serbia following end of roadblocks

PRISTINA: Kosovo has closed two of its four border crossings with Serbia following protests on the Serbian side that have blocked cross-border traffic, the interior minister said on Saturday. The Kosovo government shut the border at Brnjak and the larger Merdare crossing overnight from Friday to Saturday. Both are in the troubled north of Kosovo, where ethnic Serbs are the

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Kosovo closes two border crossings with Serbia

Kosovo’s Interior Ministry blamed the closures on ‘masked extremists’ blocking traffic into Serbia.

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Kosovo closes two of four border crossings with Serbia after protests

Kosovo Interior Minister Xhelal Sveçla announced that the Merdare and Bernjak border gates with Serbia were opened to traffic after the road closures on the opposite side ended.

Kosova İçişleri Bakanı Xhelal Sveçla, Sırbistan'a açılan Merdare ve Bernjak sınır kapılarının, karşı taraftaki yol kapatma eylemlerinin sonlanmasının ardından trafiğe açıldığını duyurdu.

Kosova, yol kapatma eylemlerinin bitmesiyle Sırbistan ile arasındaki 2 sınır kapısını açtı

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Kosovo opens 2 border gates with Serbia after road closures end

Another incident in the ongoing dispute between the Balkan neighbors: On the border with Kosovo, Serbs are acting as border guards. The government in Pristina reacts immediately.

Weiterer Zwischenfall im Dauerstreit zwischen den Balkan-Nachbarn: An der Grenze zum Kosovo spielen sich Serben als Grenzwächter auf. Die Regierung in Pristina reagiert umgehend.

Grenzübergänge zwischen Kosovo und Serbien gesperrt

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Border crossings between Kosovo and Serbia blocked

Tensions between Serbia and Kosovo have been escalating for months, exacerbated by a new rule introduced earlier this year that designates the euro as the sole legal currency in Kosovo, effectively banning the use of the Serbian dinar.

Kosovo closes two border crossings with Serbia after protest

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