The main political party in Serb-dominated northern Kosovo called on the Serb community on Friday to boycott Sunday's local elections in the latest sign of a deepening rift with Kosovo's ethnic Albanian leadership.
The Serbian List party which is backed by Serbia also urged the Serb minority to "remain calm and not to fall to provocations by the regime of Albin Kurti," referring to Kosovo's elected prime minister.
"The Serbian List calls for a general boycott of these undemocratic elections organised by Kurti. All polling stations must be empty on April 23," it said.
