Kosovo puts voting containers in Serb majority areas despite boycott

Kosovo police officers stand guard next to a newly installed voting container for the upcoming local elections in Zubin Potok, Kosovo, April 20, 2023. REUTERS/Valdrin Xhemaj

ZUBIN POTOK, Kosovo (Reuters) - Kosovo's election commission has put containers by main roads for Sunday local elections in the northern part of the country even though the Serb majority there plans to boycott the vote.

Serb officials from the area, administrative staff, judges, and policemen resigned collectively in November 2022, in protest over Pristina's plan to replace Serbian car licence number plates with those of Kosovo.