EU peace mission begins in Kosovo

The European Union has begun a long-delayed police and justice mission in Kosovo and international peacekeepers have tightened security in the north where Serbs oppose the move. The first of a 1,900-strong force of European and American police, customs agents, judges and prosecutors began deployment in mainly Albanian Kosovo which seceded from Serbia in February. In the Serb-controlled part of the divided flashpoint town of Mitrovica, EU policemen arrived on Tuesday wearing black flack jackets with red Eulex [European Union Legal and Police Mission] logos pinned on their shoulders. “So far, in the north, 15 border policemen, four customs officers and eight police monitors and…

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