Residents of four Serb-majority municipalities in Kosovo overwhelmingly boycotted a vote on removing their ethnic Albanian mayors from office following last year's mayoral elections. The referendum, supported by the West, aimed to ease tensions between Kosovo and neighboring Serbia as both countries seek to join the European Union.
The main ethnic Serb party, Srpska Lista, called for a boycott of the poll, resulting in only 253 out of 46,556 registered voters casting their ballots in all four municipalities. No ballots were cast in one municipality, Zvecan.
