Explainer-Why Kosovo's stand-off with Serbs goes on 15 years after statehood

A local Kosovo Serb protester spray-paints an armoured car in the town of Zvecan, Kosovo, May 29, 2023. REUTERS/Laura Hasani

(Reuters) - The storming of a north Kosovo monastery has thrown attention on persistent trouble in the ethnic Serbian-majority region 15 years after Pristina declared independence.

Here are facts about the unrest.