Night passes quietly, K. Serbs remain at roadblocks

Last night was quiet in northern Kosovo with Serb citizens behind roadblocks they set up for the ninth night in a row. At present, only passenger vehicles are allowed to enter Kosovo at the Jarinje and Brnjak administrative checkpoints, while goods from central Serbia still cannot be delivered to the province. Night passes quietly, K. Serbs remain at roadblocks Foodstuffs from central Serbia cannot pass through the administrative lines for days as KFOR soldiers, who control the points, are acting on orders forbidding transit of any kind of load from that part of the country into Kosovo. A number of smaller-sized trucks have been using alternative routes to find a way to provide the supplies necessary to citizens, also avoiding the roadblocks. With great difficulty, a truck loaded with oxygen bottles managed to deliver these to a hospital in the northern Kosovo city of Kosovska Mitrovica. Lack of oxygen in the hospital was the cause to postpone a number of operations and only immediate surgeries have been performed. Kosovo Serbs say they will continue protesting peacefully, behind the roadblocks they put up in the places of Rudare, Leposavic and Zupce. Serbian government officials told Tanjug late on Tuesday that they should continue discussions Wednesday with the mayors of the northern part of Kosovo about possibilities for resolving the current crisis. Late Tuesday night, citizens set up a large cross on a barricade in Rudare, which, as announced, should be consecrated by Serbian Orthodox Church (SPC) Bishop Teodosije in a day or two. Kosovo Serbs at barricades

Night passes quietly, K. Serbs remain at roadblocks

Foodstuffs from central Serbia cannot pass through the administrative lines for days as KFOR soldiers, who control the points, are acting on orders forbidding transit of any kind of load from that part of the country into Kosovo.

A number of smaller-sized trucks have been using alternative routes to find a way to provide the supplies necessary to citizens, also avoiding the roadblocks.

With great difficulty, a truck loaded with oxygen bottles managed to deliver these to a hospital in the northern Kosovo city of Kosovska Mitrovica. Lack of oxygen in the hospital was the cause to postpone a number of operations and only immediate surgeries have been performed.

Kosovo Serbs say they will continue protesting peacefully, behind the roadblocks they put up in the places of Rudare, Leposavić and Zupce.

Serbian government officials told Tanjug late on Tuesday that they should continue discussions Wednesday with the mayors of the northern part of Kosovo about possibilities for resolving the current crisis.

Late Tuesday night, citizens set up a large cross on a barricade in Rudare, which, as announced, should be consecrated by Serbian Orthodox Church (SPC) Bishop Teodosije in a day or two.