Unwanted Bridges in Kosovo Draw Western Warnings of Stoking Tensions

A vehicle crosses a new bridge connecting South and North Mitrovica.Photographer: Pierre Crom/Getty Images

Building bridges, both metaphorically and literally, is normally about bringing sides together.

Not in deeply riven Kosovo, where a push to construct not one but two bridges over the Ibar River has caused an uproar, and upset allies who keep the Balkan nation afloat.