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Vehicle access for bridge separating Kosovo's ethnic Serbians and Albanians scrapped amid tensions
euronews (in English)
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03/09/2024
The plans to open a bridge in the Kosovo city of Mitrovica for vehicle access had been met with controversy amid fears it would escalate ethnic tensions.
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A bridge connecting a Kosovan city's Serbian ethnic minority with the Albanian ethnic majority
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will not be authorized for vehicular use amidst rising tensions.
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Kosovo's Prime Minister had announced plans to open the city of Mitrovica's main bridge
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for vehicles, but since changed his mind.
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His decision came following a negative reaction from the city's Serbian community.
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With all these issues, it is natural to discuss the opening of the main bridge in the Iberian
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Gulf of Mitrovica, for which we are going to make all the necessary consultations, as
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well as the work of our state, such as the implementation of the preliminary draft for
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the centralization of the physics of the bridge until the final report.
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When plans to open the bridge for vehicles were announced, the Serbian community, Belgrade
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government, EU and NATO expressed their concern that the move would increase ethnic tensions
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and impact the safety of the ethnic Serbs.
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After the announcement, hundreds gathered in protest at the bridge, which has become
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symbolic of the divided city.
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So he knows where the red line is, he knows that the bridge cannot be opened from one
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side, and as long as he could push one-sided moves, he pushed them, and it turned out that
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he got a lot of that on the ground.
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Authorities in Serbia condemned the proposal to open the bridge, saying it was Kosovo's
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attempt to provoke conflict.
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