BELGRADE, July 31. /TASS/. The situation in Kosovo and Metohija is very tense, the Kurir television channel reported on Sunday.
According to a Kurir reporter in Kosovska Mitrovica, the situation in the northern Kosovo administrative center is tense, with shops, cafes and restaurants being closed and people not leaving their homes.
Motor traffic in the northern districts is blocked. The Kosovo police have blocked the checkpoint at the administrative border with Serbia. Key highways in the north of Kosovo are blocked by barricades erected by the Serbs.
The situation in Kosovo and Metohija deteriorated dramatically on Sunday evening after Kosovo’s police closed the checkpoint at the border with Serbia. In response, Serbs in the north of Kosovo took to the streets and blocked key highways. Police and the Kosovo Force (KFOR), a NATO-led international peacekeeping force in Kosovo, were pulled to the bridge across the Ibar River, which links Kosovska Mitrovica’s northern and southern parts.
In his address to the nation, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said earlier that the situation for ethnic Serbs in Kosovo and Metohija has aggravated after Pristina had decided to ban Serbian documents starting from midnight from Sunday to Monday.