Kosovo closes main border crossing after roadblock in Serbia

A truck blocks a road in Mitrovica, Kosovo, December 27, 2022. REUTERS/Florion Goga

MERDARE, Kosovo (Reuters) -Kosovo closed its biggest border crossing with Serbia on Wednesday after protesters blocked it on the Serbian side to support their ethnic kin in Kosovo in refusing to recognise the country's independence.

Tensions between Belgrade and Pristina have been running high since last month when representatives of ethnic Serbs in the north of Kosovo left state institutions including the police and judiciary over the Kosovo government's decision to replace Serbian issued car licence plates.