No insurance fees at Jarinje, Brnjak

The drivers who entered northern Kosovo from the direction of central Serbia were not required a cross-border insurance policy on Monday at Jarinje, the press on-site correspondent reports. At other administrative crossings between central Serbia and Kosovo, this type of insurance has been introduced earlier. For example, vehicles with Belgrade license plates entering Kosovo from central Serbia at the Merdare or Bela zemlja crossings pay weekly insurance of 20 euros. The payment of cross-border insurance policies was planned to start on Monday, as members of the Kosovo police informed drivers at these crossings a few days before. Leaflets in Serbian, Albanian and English were distributed to the drivers to inform them about the fee. The Serbs in northern Kosovo protested against the announced cross-border insurance and warned that if the police continued to distribute leaflets, they would block the Jarinje and Brnjak crossings and the roads leading to them. Serbia's Minister without Portfolio in charge of Kosovo told the press earlier that no insurance fees would be paid for vehicles crossing the administrative line with Kosovo as of Jan 8, stressing that nothing can be implemented on the ground unless it was previously agreed on in Brussels. The distribution of unsigned leaflets at administrative crossings forced us to voice a strong protest to EULEX officials, as they are the ones who have to guarantee that everything that is happening at the administrative line is in accordance with the Brussels agreement, said Vulin.