Kosovo Serbs recently stopped NATO's KFOR peacekeeping force from proceeding until Kosovo agrees not to station its police and customs officers at the sensitive border post.
They have blocked the roads leading to the Brnjak and Jarinje posts. The checkpoints are used to bring foods and medical supplies to the north.
"We have no choice but to persevere in our peaceful, civil resistance. We hope to achieve the goal of not having (ethnic) Albanian customs and border police in the crossings toward (central) Serbia," said theZubin Potok Mayor, Slaviša Risti? on Sunday after the protests.
NATO troops in Kosovo returned to their barracks after ethnic Serbs blocked them.
Here are some pictures of the blockade at Rudare:
Kosovo Serbs wave flags while sitting on the road in front of Slovenia's KFOR soldiers in the village of Rudare near Zvecan July 29, 2011. NATO troops in Kosovo returned to their barracks on Friday after ethnic Serbs blocked them from reaching peacekeepers deployed at border posts with Serbia to halt violence provoked by a customs dispute. Hundreds of ethnic Serb civilians blocked two main roads in northern Kosovo leading to Serbia with trucks, trailers, logs and car tyres stalling all traffic to and from the border.REUTERSA KFOR helicopter flies over Kosovo Serbs waving flags while sitting on the road in front of Slovenia's KFOR soldiers in the village of Rudare near Zvecan July 29, 2011. NATO troops in Kosovo returned to their barracks on Friday after ethnic Serbs blocked them from reaching peacekeepers deployed at border posts with Serbia to halt violence provoked by a customs dispute. Hundreds of ethnic Serb civilians blocked two main roads in northern Kosovo leading to Serbia with trucks, trailers, logs and car tyres stalling all traffic to and from the border.REUTERSA Kosovo Serb rides a bicycle in front of the closed Serbia-Kosovo border crossing of Jarinje July 31, 2011. Serbs vowed to press on with roadblocks and stop NATO's KFOR peacekeeping force from proceeding until Kosovo agrees not to station its police and customs officers at the sensitive border posts.REUTERSU.S. KFOR soilders are seen on the closed Serbia-Kosovo border crossing of Jarinje July 31, 2011. Serbs vowed to press on with roadblocks and stop NATO's KFOR peacekeeping force from proceeding until Kosovo agrees not to station its police and customs officers at the sensitive border posts.REUTERSKosovo Serbs block a road in the village of Rudare near Zvecan July 30, 2011. NATO troops in Kosovo returned to their barracks on Friday after ethnic Serbs blocked them from reaching peacekeepers deployed at border posts with Serbia to halt violence provoked by a customs dispute.REUTERSGraffiti on the road referring to the 1999 U.N. resolution 1244 is seen in front of the barricades in the village of Rudare near the town of Zvecan July 31, 2011. Serbs vowed to press on with roadblocks and stop NATO's KFOR peacekeeping force from proceeding until Kosovo agrees not to station its police and customs officers at the sensitive border posts. REUTERSGraffiti on the road referring
