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Albanians blocked the road in Brdjani (RTS)

A small group of Albanians this morning blocked the road in Brdjani area, in northern part of Kosovska Mitrovica. Albanians have blocked the road, which is leading towards the buildings in which Serbs live. In the same area the Serbs began construction of two residential buildings. Albanians request that construction of houses in this multi-ethnic settlement will be also allowed to them.  The road was blocked by a truck of a construction company "Bajrami" and by several cars.

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Zahiti: Calm situation in Mitrovica (indeksonline)

The situation in Mitrovica appears to be calm today, after yesterday’s clashes between the protesters and the police. KFOR and police forces have moved at “The park of peace.” Kosovo Police Information Official for Mitrovica region, Avni Zahiti, said for Indeksonline that security forces are ready to react to any situation, however he added that situation is currently calm. “Police and KFOR have not noticed any indications that would disturb peace, however they are in the state of emergency.

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Peaceful night in Mitrovica, police presence stepped up (Tanjug)

Zeljko Bojic, regional head of the operative Kosovo police, has said that the night was peaceful after the removal of a barricade on the bridge between northern and southern Kosovska Mitrovica. Bojic said that the police presence in the city will be stepped up. A cultural heritage fair will be held on Thursday evening so the police presence in the downtown and near the main bridge on the Ibar River will be stepped up, Bojic told Tanjug. After removing the barricade on the main bridge on the Ibar River, which connects the Albanian and Serb parts of the city, a peace park was built.

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KFOR: Removal of the barricade positive, but not and construction of the park (RTK2)

KFOR welcomed removal of the barricade at the bridge in Northern Mitrovica as a positive step which serves the reconciliation, but said in a handout that construction of the park is very symbolic and politically motivated. The handout further reads that KFOR will continue to contribute to safe environment at the bridge and that its units were present at the bridge, whereas KFOR remains ready to adjust its actions in any moment.

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Belgrade made the decision (Danas)

Concrete barricaded at the bridge over Ibar/Ibër River in northern part of Kosovska Mitrovica, which was set in 2011 as a ‘symbol of resistance’ of Serbs to integration into the legal system of self-declared Kosovo territory, yesterday was replaced by the “Park of Peace”. The barricade was removed without prior announcement in the night between Tuesday and Wednesday. Danas’ sources claim that the Park emerged following the gathering, protests and swearing of dissatisfied and upset inhabitants of Northern Mitrovica.

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Placing of concrete flower pots at Ibar/Ibër Bridge underway (Blic)

Concrete flower pots have been placed at the site from which the barricade was removed this morning on the northern part of the Ibar/Ibër Bridge. The Director of Serbia’s Kosovo Office, Marko Djuric, and mayors and chairpersons of the provisional bodes in northern Kosovo are present at the venue. Journalists were briefed by the Mayor of Mitrovica North, Goran Rakic. He said that he made the decision to build this “Park of Peace” near the bridge, in coordination with the Serbian leadership.

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Removed containers at the main bridge in Mitrovica (Danas)

Belgrade - Multiple sources in the northern part of Mitrovica confirmed to our newspapers that several containers were removed in the city that were placed in front of the barricade on the Serbian side of the main Ibar/Iber River Bridge. It was not possible to get an official response from the Municipal authorities in North Mitrovica, whether and the barricade will be removed, which protects the Serbian part of the city since 2011.

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