{"id":51175,"date":"2023-04-23T17:08:34","date_gmt":"2023-04-23T15:08:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?p=51175"},"modified":"2023-04-23T17:09:00","modified_gmt":"2023-04-23T15:09:00","slug":"serbs-dividend-elections-in-the-north-of-kosovo-fear-of-ethnic-tensions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/serbs-dividend-elections-in-the-north-of-kosovo-fear-of-ethnic-tensions\/","title":{"rendered":"Serbs dividend | Elections in the north of Kosovo, fear of ethnic tensions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In the north of Kosovo, where it is populated by Serbs, local elections are being held. The electoral process has caused ethnic tensions and fears of possible incidents.<\/p>\n<p>For this reason, the local police and contingents of KFOR are on standby.<\/p>\n<p>Serbian President Aleksandar Vu\u010di\u0107 said on Saturday that the Serbian minority will boycott the elections. Meanwhile, the Serbs themselves are divided as far as participation is concerned.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This elections are just like the others before and if we, the Serbs, do not participate, then what are our hopes for the future?&#8221; said Sladjana Pantovic, independent candidate for Zvecan.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;These elections shouldn\u2019t have been held, they should have been postponed for two or three months. This is not the right moment for elections&#8221;, said Nenad Igi\u00e7, a resident.<\/p>\n<p>11 candidates are competing for mayor of Northern Mitrovica, Zubin Potok, Leposavi\u00e7 and Zve\u00e7an; while 60 candidates are competing for the municipal council of Zve\u00e7an and Leposavi\u00e7. Voting centers close at 10 o&#8217;clock.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the north of Kosovo, where it is populated by Serbs, local elections are being held. The electoral process has caused ethnic tensions and fears of possible incidents. 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Serbian President Aleksandar Vu\u010di\u0107 said on Saturday that the Serbian minority will boycott the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":51176,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[236,163,1803,1],"tags":[243,151],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Serbs dividend | Elections in the north of Kosovo, fear of ethnic tensions - Euronews Albania<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/serbs-dividend-elections-in-the-north-of-kosovo-fear-of-ethnic-tensions\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Serbs dividend | Elections in the north of Kosovo, fear of ethnic tensions - Euronews Albania\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"In the north of Kosovo, where it is populated by Serbs, local elections are being held. 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