Reports of illegal checkpoints set up by armed Albanian groups are emerging again. Between 11-11:30pm on Sunday, the group was reportedly stopping vehicles and checking IDs, welcoming those they stopped to inform the police that they were doing so. A KPS official from Ferizaj confirmed that KPS was aware of the illegal checkpoints and activities.
On the 8th, a Czech Republic KFOR soldier was injured in a shoot-out with a group of Albanians. One Albanian was also injured and several were arrested. The KFOR soldiers came upon the Albanians illegally cutting wood. The Albanians resisted and a warning shot was fired. The Albanians then returned fire. The KFOR soldier is being treated in a military hospital in Kosovo.
In other news, a bus of 40 Serbs was stoned by Albanians near the village of Djakovica as they were attempting to visit a cemetery. The bus was being escorted by KFOR and KPS. The Serbs are refugees from the town who fled after the conflict but returning to commemorate the restoration of some Christian monuments that had recently been destroyed. The bus suffered minor damage but no one was injured.
There was also an interesting article about Kosovo and Montenegro's accension into the EU. In the distance future in many people's minds but it's a good read --> Red Tape In the EU
