N. Kosovo Serbs build three new barricades

Source: B92, Politika, Danas

KOSOVSKA MITROVICA -- Even though President Boris Tadić called for removal of barricades,

The barricade in the village of Jagnjenica (Tanjug)

A barricade in the village of Dudin Krš has been reinforced.

Daily Politika writes that the local Serbs are keeping watch at all 19 barricades in northern Kosovo.

Northern Kosovo Serb representatives and local KFOR Commander Colonel Darius Nobs will meet in Jagnjenica today in order to try to find a peaceful solution to the crisis.

Nobs said that KFOR troops were performing control and preventing weapons smuggling but that it was unacceptable that the main road leading to Zubin Potok was blocked.

Situation was peaceful in northern Kosovo last night. B92 has learned that children from Zubin Potok, who did not go to school yesterday, have returned to their classes on Thursday.

Northern Kosovo Serbs “disappointed” in Tadić

The northern Kosovo Serbs are disappointed by Tadić’s call to remove the barricades, Zubin Potok Mayor Slaviša Ristić said on Wednesday. Kosovska Mitrovica Mayor Krstimir Pantić has said that the call is confusing and that he believes that it is a result of pressure from Brussels.

They told Politika that they would call an emergency joint session of four northern Kosovo Serb municipalities on Thursday in order to discuss the president’s request.

Daily Danas, on the other hand, writes that the northern Kosovo Serbs are ready for alternative resistance measures if the government decided to implement some temporary measures against them. The daily has learned that criminal charges against Belgrade team chief Borislav Stefanović will be filed by the local Serb representatives as soon as details about today’s talks with Priština in Brussels are made public.

The daily also added that the northern Kosovo Serb representatives will most likely request a parliament session so the MPs could discuss a change of the state policy which was announced by Tadić.