Exciting news from Kosovo. As I reported on Monday, Serbia tried to strengthen its claim to to the province by “reclaiming” a railway there – i.e. it sent two trains down the line. Well, information just in proves that you can burn border posts and/or the U.S. embassy, but nobody messes with UNMIK Railways:
The United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) today reasserted control of a rail line in northern Kosovo, a day after Serbian Railways had challenged its authority over the stretch. Joachim Rücker, the head of UNMIK and the Secretary-General’s Special Representative, said that the intervention of UNMIK Border Police “reverses the challenge to UNMIK’s authority that occurred yesterday when Serbian Railways illegally sent two of its trains south of Leshak/Lešak.”
In a statement issued in Pristina, Mr. Rücker noted that about 9.35 a.m. today UNMIK Border Police at the Leshak/Lešak train station informed a representative of Serbian Railways that their train would not be allowed to travel south, and Serbian Railways complied. The envoy stressed that “any movement south of Leshak/Lešak by Serbian Railways is a clear challenge to UNMIK’s authority . . . and will not be tolerated.”
I know this is important really, but I’m left wondering what would happen if Scotland were to declare UDI and Gordon Brown attempted to assert his authority by sending a Virgin Express north of the border. It would doubtless be stuck in Manchester due to leaves and Britain would fragment accordingly…
