Jarinje

Widening Cracks

Bulgaria's Prime Minister Kiril Petkov leaves after an emergency European Union (EU) summit on the situation in Ukraine, Brussels, February 25, 2022. Photo: EPA-EFE/JOHN THYS

"The party assembly will be held from November 11-13, it will last for three days, in the Sports Hall in Belgrade, and then we will have a big gathering which will mark the start of the implementation of the new program and plan, and the presentation of new people", Vucic said.

Drivers crossing the Kosovo-Serbia border on Monday started covering the state symbols on their vehicles' license plates in accordance with an agreement reached in Brussels last week.

This is a temporary solution to the license plates dispute between the two countries which saw the roads to two border crossings blocked by Kosovo Serbs for almost two weeks.

For vehicles, a regime with stickers has been established to cover specific parts of license plates.
The convoy of vehicles from the direction from Raska to Leposvic is about two and a half kilometers long, Tanjug reporter on the spot informs.
KFOR soldiers have been deployed in the north of Kosovo and Metohija, and they will stay there for the next two weeks.

Serbia and Kosovo have reached an agreement to ease the situation on their border, an EU official confirmed on Thursday.

"We have a deal!," Miroslav Lajčák, EU Special Representative for the Belgrade-Pristina Dialogue and other Western Balkan regional issues, announced on Twitter.

He pointed out that we have reached a compromise solution to the crisis in the north of Kosovo and Metohija, and that the ROSU units will leave by 4 pm on October 2.

"Kurti told the truth, Aleksandar Vui is the biggest problem of the false state of Kosovo," it is stated at the beginning of the statement that was forwarded to the media from the Ministry of the Interior.

Back from the Brink

EU rule of law mission in Kosovo, EULEX, Police officers patrol the area near the border crossing between Kosovo and Serbia in Jarinje, Kosovo, September 28, 2021. Photo: EPA-EFE/VALDRIN XHEMAJ

The special force's officers who have just ended their shift experienced a calm but cold night in the valley since they took over the night before. But heavy rain made their three-kilometre walk past a series of roadblocks set up by protesting Kosovo Serbs more difficult. As they approached the blockades, the protesters silently made way for them to pass.

The roads Leposavi - Raka and Ribarii - Zubin potok were blocked for traffic on the tenth day, and the situation at the crossings is calm. The mayors of the Serb municipalities in the north of Kosovo and Metohija rejected the proposal of the KFOR commander that the units of the special Kosovo police be replaced by KFOR soldiers, and that the decision on temporary registrations remain.