(MENAFN- Qatar News Agency) Voters in Kosovo's ethnic Serb northern part of Mitrovica are being asked to cast their ballots again, after elections two weeks ago ended in chaos.
Masked men set off tear gas and smashed ballot boxes at the main polling centre of the town on 3 November
Most ethnic Serbs in Mitrovica did not take part in the local elections - unlike ethnic Albanians in the south
Almost all ethnic Serbs refuse to recognise Kosovo's independence and also reject Belgrade's calls to vote
Two weeks ago, the government in Belgrade for the first time put pressure on Kosovo's Serbs to cast their ballots
The change was down to a new agreement between Serbia and Kosovo to normalise relations, as Belgrade seeks membership of the European Union
Three polling stations in northern Mitrovica are due to open at 07:00 local time (06:00 GMT), the (BBC) reported
NATO-led peacekeepers and EU police are expected to deploy in the area ahead of the municipal elections.
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