Western partners called on Kosovo to stop its plans to reopen a key bridge over a river separating Albanian and Serbian communities, which may rekindle tensions in the north of the Balkan country.
US Ambassador to Pristina Jeffrey Hovenier said Friday that the US, NATO and European Union do not support any changes to the current status of the bridge over the Ibar River in the northern city of Mitrovica, one of four Serb-majority municipalities in northern Kosovo.
Nearly a thousand protesters gathered on the Serbian side of the city on Wednesday, demanding that the bridge remain closed to traffic ...