Serb enclaves in Kosovo

See also: Kosovo Serbs

Serb population of Kosovo in 2011
A street in Gračanica, 2008.

Serb enclaves are settlements in Kosovo outside North Kosovo ("south of the Ibar") where Serbs form a majority.[1]

Serbs have often built roadblocks and barricades, to prevent access by Kosovo Police and customs officers.[2] After the initial outflow after the Kosovo War the situation of the Kosovo Serb communities has improved.[3] The 2013 Brussels Agreement allowed full operation of Kosovo Police and customs officials, while the Community of Serb Municipalities is planned to be created within the Republic of Kosovo legal framework.

  1. ^ Cross, S.; Kentera, S.; Vukadinovic, R.; Nation, R., eds. (2013). Shaping South East Europe's Security Community for the Twenty-First Century: Trust, Partnership, Integration. Springer. p. 201. ISBN 9781137010209.
  2. ^ "Serbia and Kosovo: On the border of conflict". The Economist. 21 November 2011. Retrieved 23 September 2012.
  3. ^ "Serb community in Kosovo" (PDF). Helsinki Committee for Human Rights in Serbia. June 2012. p. 11. Retrieved 23 September 2012.