Kosovo to Partially Withdraw Police from Northern Serb Areas, Hold New Elections

Kosovo will reduce its police presence in four Serb-majority towns in an effort to ease tensions.
New mayoral elections will be held in the northern municipalities after previous polls were boycotted by Serbs.
The moves aim to defuse clashes between Kosovo police and local Serbs opposing Kosovo's authority.
Serbia accuses Kosovo of persecuting northern Serbs, while Western powers want stability in the Balkans.
Kosovo's high court has acquitted a former Serb minister of inciting ethnic hatred in 1999, when NATO intervened.