The Serbian authorities have ordered a state-run printing house in Kosovo to stop printing an influential Albanian-language newspaper in the province.

The order threatens the printing workers with legal action if they continue to print the Bujku daily.

Earlier this month, the authorities stopped Bujku publishing for twelve days by cutting off its electricity, saying it was in arrears for printing costs.

Bujku is the first Kosovo Albanian newspaper to be targeted, although some independent Serbian newspapers and broadcasters have already been hit.