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Kosovo Raids Serbia-linked Offices As Tense Elections Loom

Signs posted on the buildings said activities on the premise had been temporarily suspended (Credit: AFP)

Kosovo police on Wednesday raided 10 Belgrade-linked government offices in ethnic Serb areas, the interior ministry said, the latest move by Pristina to dismantle a Serbian system of social services and political offices in the country ahead of parliamentary elections.

Serbia denounced the raids as a "dangerous escalation" just weeks ahead of the vote in majority-Albanian Kosovo, whose independence Serbia has refused to recognise.

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