KFOR won't let food, medical supplies through at Jarinje

KFOR is preventing entry of vehicles that carry any kind of food, or any type of goods at the administrative point of Jarinje are, reports said. Tanjug news agency said that the NATO-led KFOR soldiers have even banned medical supplies from going through. Drivers said they were told that American soldiers "had an order" to stop vehicles carrying goods. KFOR won't let food, medical supplies through at Jarinje They also refused to let those loaded with heating fuels to pass through. Only passenger cars are being let through. Serbs in northern Kosovo receive supplies from central Serbia through the Brnjak and Jarinje administrative line checkpoints. Tanjug says that at Brnjak, people managed to get bread and milk to the north in "smaller vehicles". Meanwhile, the night went peacefully at the barricades Serbs had put put up to protest against the attempts of the Kosovo Albanian authorities to take over the checkpoints. The Serbs spent the eighth night on the barricades near Zupce, on the way to Brnjak, and near Rudare and in Leposavic, blocking the road to Jarinje. Serbian government representatives were also in Kosovo last night - head of the Belgrade team in the dialogue with Pristina Borislav Stefanovic, Minister for Kosovo Goran Bogdanovic, and President Boris Tadic's adviser Jovan Ratkovic arrived there after talks with EU mediator Robert Cooper in Raska. They expect to meet with KFOR commander Erhard Buehler during the day. The crisis in northern parts of Kosovo started last Monday when Pristina sent its police units to the checkpoints, while several days later a group of masked men set Jarinje on fire, which was then closed, as well as Brnjak. Serbs are a majority in the north and do not recognize the unilateral declaration of independence made by ethnic Albanians in early 2008. They also reject the authority of the government in Pristina. (Tanjug)

KFOR won't let food, medical supplies through at Jarinje

They also refused to let those loaded with heating fuels to pass through. Only passenger cars are being let through.

Serbs in northern Kosovo receive supplies from central Serbia through the Brnjak and Jarinje administrative line checkpoints.

Tanjug says that at Brnjak, people managed to get bread and milk to the north in "smaller vehicles".

Meanwhile, the night went peacefully at the barricades Serbs had put put up to protest against the attempts of the Kosovo Albanian authorities to take over the checkpoints.

The Serbs spent the eighth night on the barricades near Zupče, on the way to Brnjak, and near Rudare and in Leposavić, blocking the road to Jarinje.

Serbian government representatives were also in Kosovo last night - head of the Belgrade team in the dialogue with Priština Borislav Stefanović, Minister for Kosovo Goran Bogdanović, and President Boris Tadić's adviser Jovan Ratković arrived there after talks with EU mediator Robert Cooper in Raška.

They expect to meet with KFOR commander Erhard Buehler during the day.

The crisis in northern parts of Kosovo started last Monday when Priština sent its police units to the checkpoints, while several days later a group of masked men set Jarinje on fire, which was then closed, as well as Brnjak.

Serbs are a majority in the north and do not recognize the unilateral declaration of independence made by ethnic Albanians in early 2008. They also reject the authority of the government in Priština.