In Zubin Potok in northern Kosovo, Serbs have built a big roadblock. It's made of buses and trucks full of gravel and topped with
barbed wire, intended to stop KFOR, the NATO-led peacekeeping force, from cutting a road used by Serbs. This wednesday, Serbs
went out the streets to defend barricades against the Albanian authority. Nato troops fired tear gas in this region and moved to dismantle one of the roadblocks
Although Kosovo declared independence in 2008 with a 90% of the population were Albanians, Serbs concentrated in North Kosovo oppose to accept this secession.
As a country willing to enter the EU, Serbia has been pressured to remove this barricades and make progress in ties with Kosovo, the bloc meets on December 9 and the resolution is still on hold.
The Serbian government is also concerned about the current situation in the EU and studying if it's really an advantage to join this institution at this point.
If the Serbians that are now in the North Kosovo haven't accepted the Russia offer of repatriation back to Siberia (east of Urals), complete with free land and jobs, and haven't left to Serbia already, i don't think they'll ever do voluntarily.
The main question in my opinion is if the serbs in Serbia are to be blamed for this situation. Should state of Serbia sacrifice everything in order to protect this minority?
http://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/Europe/Serbs-clash-with-Nato-in-north-Kosovo/Article1-773268.aspx
I don't think that Serbia will recognise Kosovo and that they will take a decision for the 9th Decemeber. In my opinion Serbia is not going to act in this situation, even more considering the current economic situation in the European Union. Therefor, in the short-term the "conflict" will remain as it is for now.
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