Kosovo Goes to Polls

World | October 26, 2002, Saturday // 00:00

Kosovo goes to the polls on Saturday in its third election since the 1999 conflict, but many Serbs may boycott the ballot in protest at their difficult living conditions. Western officials hope the municipal election will help strengthen peace in the U.N.-governed Yugoslav province, whose majority Albanians and minority Serbs remain bitterly divided more than three years after the Kosovo conflict ended. They have urged Serbs in particular to vote, telling them that the best chance to improve their situation is to engage in political life with other groups, gradually taking over local powers from the post-war U.N.-led administration. Kosovo's future status has yet to be determined. Its Albanians are united in demanding independence, while Serbs insist the province is, and will always remain, part of Serbia.

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