STORY: Tensions between Serbia and Kosovo continue. On Saturday there were road blockades and gunfire with the police in northern Kosovo, which is mostly inhabited by ethnic Serbs. Serbia now wants to ask the NATO security force KFOR to allow the stationing of Serbian police officers and armed forces in Kosovo. President Aleksandar Vucic said at a press conference in Belgrade on Saturday. However, he sees no chance that KFOR will approve this. In addition, the local elections planned for December in northern Kosovo will be postponed to April. In order to ensure a high turnout and to invite observers to the votes, this step had become necessary, said President of Kosovo, Vjosa Osmani on Saturday after consultations with the political parties. The elections are now scheduled to take place on April 23. They were originally scheduled for December 18th. After a war with Serbia in the 1990s, Kosovo declared its independence in 2008. Germany and other EU countries recognize Kosovo as an independent state, while Serbia and Russia do not.