Kosovo Serbs Boycott Provincial Elections
Kosovo’s Serb minority largely boycotted general elections, dealing a blow to international efforts to bring multiethnic harmony to the province. The Albanian majority, however, eagerly cast ballots to elect representatives to a 120-seat assembly.
The assembly will choose a president and a government that will have limited authority. Kosovo came under the rule of the United Nations and North Atlantic Treaty Organization at the end of a war in 1999.
Albanians want independence for the province, but Serbs and Belgrade want it to remain part of Serbia and Montenegro.
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