Kosovo re-opens border crossings after Serbs remove roadblocks

FILE PHOTO: Members of the press gather as local Serbs prepare to remove barricades at a roadblock in Rudare, near the northern part of the ethnically-divided town of Mitrovica, Kosovo, December 29, 2022. REUTERS/Florion Goga/File Photo

PRISTINA (Reuters) - Kosovo opened two border crossings with Serbia in the volatile north on Friday, following three weeks of closure after Serbs set up roadblocks to protest against the government in Pristina in a dispute that has drawn international concern.

The reopening of the crossings came a day after Kosovo police said they had reopened the Merdare crossing - the most important for road freight, linking the landlocked state with western European countries - after roadblocks came down on the Serbian side of the border.