N. Kosovo Serbs block administrative crossings

Serbs today formed a human shield in order to stop the traffic through the Jarinje checkpoint after they noticed Pristina's customs and police at the location. The Serbs once again blocked the Raska-Leposavic road near the Jarinje administrative crossing at about 13:30 CET on Thursday. N. Kosovo Serbs block administrative crossings The citizens also gathered in the zone between the Kosovo and the Serbian checkpoints and tried to build a new barricade by unloading gravel but were stopped by the Serbian police. According to reports, Serbian police are preventing heavy machinery from crossing the administrative line and helping the Serbs build the new barricade. The citizens set up new barricades on the main road from Raska to Jarinje by laying tree trunks across both traffic lanes, thus disabling the passage of vehicles. The Jarinje administrative crossing opened at 9:00 this morning. The barricade in Jarinje was removed Thursday morning and EULEX member who is present at the Jarinje crossing told Tanjug that traffic via the crossing functioned as of 9:00 today. The Serbs present at the Kosovo side of the crossing are redirecting the vehicles to an alternative road which bypasses the Jarinje crossing. Several churches in Kosovo held services today, praying for peace in the southern Serbian province. Bishop of Raska-Prizren Teodosije pointed out that “we have to build peace and future for all the peoples living here” without forgetting the past. He said that it was necessary in this historic moment that priests, monks and the people support efforts to solve the existing problems in a peaceful and dignified manner with prayers. The road near Jarinje on Thursday (Tanjug) New roadblock at Brnjak A new roadblock was erected at the Brnjak administrative checkpoint at about 17:30 CET on Thursday. Local Serbs put up the roadblock of tree trunks across a section of the road from Ribarice, a village in central Serbia close to the administrative line with Kosovo, to Brnjak, blocking both lanes and disabling traffic towards Brnjak from central Serbia. The Serbs initially planned to use heavy mechanical equipment to shift earth from the ground and use it as a material for the barricade, giving up on the idea eventually due to the presence of Serbia's police on the central Serbia side of the crossing. Instead, they blocked the section of the road in the zone between the two administrative sides by cutting timber from a nearby forest, piling up the tree trunks and stretching the barbed wire that had remained there from the last KFOR operation. The crossing was open for traffic for almost two and a half hours, but no vehicle passed there because KFOR soldiers are directing traffic to an alternative route. The Serbs in the cross-border zone are doing the same .

N. Kosovo Serbs block administrative crossings

The citizens also gathered in the zone between the Kosovo and the Serbian checkpoints and tried to build a new barricade by unloading gravel but were stopped by the Serbian police.

According to reports, Serbian police are preventing heavy machinery from crossing the administrative line and helping the Serbs build the new barricade.

The citizens set up new barricades on the main road from Raška to Jarinje by laying tree trunks across both traffic lanes, thus disabling the passage of vehicles.

The Jarinje administrative crossing opened at 9:00 this morning.

The barricade in Jarinje was removed Thursday morning and EULEX member who is present at the Jarinje crossing told Tanjug that traffic via the crossing functioned as of 9:00 today.

The Serbs present at the Kosovo side of the crossing are redirecting the vehicles to an alternative road which bypasses the Jarinje crossing.

Several churches in Kosovo held services today, praying for peace in the southern Serbian province.

Bishop of Raška-Prizren Teodosije pointed out that “we have to build peace and future for all the peoples living here” without forgetting the past.

He said that it was necessary in this historic moment that priests, monks and the people support efforts to solve the existing problems in a peaceful and dignified manner with prayers.

New roadblock at Brnjak

A new roadblock was erected at the Brnjak administrative checkpoint at about 17:30 CET on Thursday.

Local Serbs put up the roadblock of tree trunks across a section of the road from Ribariće, a village in central Serbia close to the administrative line with Kosovo, to Brnjak, blocking both lanes and disabling traffic towards Brnjak from central Serbia.

The Serbs initially planned to use heavy mechanical equipment to shift earth from the ground and use it as a material for the barricade, giving up on the idea eventually due to the presence of Serbia's police on the central Serbia side of the crossing.

Instead, they blocked the section of the road in the zone between the two administrative sides by cutting timber from a nearby forest, piling up the tree trunks and stretching the barbed wire that had remained there from the last KFOR operation.

The crossing was open for traffic for almost two and a half hours, but no vehicle passed there because KFOR soldiers are directing traffic to an alternative route.

The Serbs in the cross-border zone are doing the same .