Protest with road blockage in Leposavic municipality
The Serbs of the Leposavic municipality in northern Kosovo blocked the road from Kosovska Mitrovica to Raska for one hour on Monday, preventing the EULEX vehicles from passing through, as a sign of protest due to the introduction of customs duties at the administrative border crossings of Jarinje and Brnjak.
(KosovoCompromise Staff) Tuesday, June 23, 2009
Member of Leposavic Municipal Council Mile Vukojevic said that this is a continuation of the protest which began 15 days ago.
"Unless EULEX withdraws from the administrative border crossings of Jarinje and Brnjak, the protest will be additionally radicalized," Vukojevic underscored.
He pointed out that, in the meantime, the Serbian government and EULEX representatives have conducted negotiations with no success whatsoever.
Vukojevic said that Serbs are willing to pay taxes, but only to the state of Serbia and not to Kosovo institutions.
The protest, secured by Kosovo Police Service (KPS) and KFOR, ended peacefully and without incidents.
