Serbs Remove Blockades And Kosovo Re-Opens Major Border Crossing De-Escalating Tensions

 

Reuters: Kosovo re-opens major border crossing with Serbia, easing standoff 

MITROVICA, Kosovo (Reuters) - Kosovo re-opened its biggest border crossing with Serbia on Thursday, hours after protesting Serbs in its north promised to remove roadblocks, easing a surge in tensions that has alarmed world powers. 

Both the European Union and the United States have been pressing Kosovo and Serbia to step back from a mounting confrontation that has seen Serbia put its army on the highest combat alert. 

Serbs in northern Kosovo, who have been erecting roadblocks since Dec. 10 in protest at the arrest of a former Serb policeman - the latest in a long series of flashpoints - agreed to start taking them down after he was moved to house arrest.  

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WNU Editor: It looks like both sides have agreed to de-escalate .... for now. 

 Serbs Remove Blockades And Kosovo Re-Opens Major Border Crossing De-Escalating Tensions  

Kosovo Serbs to remove barricades that triggered tensions -- AP  

Serbs in northern Kosovo start removing roadblocks -- DW  

Protesting Serbs in northern Kosovo start removing barricades -- Al Jazeera