Tensions still high as protesters block Kosovo-Serbia border

Kosovo authorities said a 2016 deal reached in European Union-mediated talks had expired and only proper Kosovo symbols are now valid

A Kosovo special police officer stands on the road near the northern Kosovo border crossing of Jarinje. Picture: AP Photo/Bojan Slavkovic

The Kosovo-Serbia border remained blocked by ethnic Kosovo Serbs protesting about a move by Kosovo authorities to start removing Serbian licence plates from cars entering the country.

Trucks have blocked the road to the Jarinje and Brnjak border crossing where small groups of Serbs spent the night in tents.