Serbia elects new parliament

PRISTINA – Kosovo’s prime minister said yesterday that Serbian citizens have a chance to break with the past as they cast ballots in parliamentary elections.

“I believe that Serbian citizens have the ideal opportunity to choose between the past and the future and to vote for those democratic forces that … look toward the future and not the past, to give Serbian citizens a European perspective,” Agim Ceku told The Associated Press.The ethnic Albanian majority in Kosovo boycotts Serbian elections, but voting was under way yesterday for members of the Serbian minority, who live in isolated enclaves in the province.Shortly after the vote, a UN proposal on the future of Kosovo is expected to be presented.The report had been delayed for several months to avoid inflaming nationalist sentiment in Serbia before the elections.Ceku said he expected that the process to resolve Kosovo’s status “will pick up on its planned dynamic as of today.”Kosovo has been run by a UN mission for nearly eight years following a war between Serbian forces and ethnic Albanians demanding independence.Nampa-APlook toward the future and not the past, to give Serbian citizens a European perspective,” Agim Ceku told The Associated Press.The ethnic Albanian majority in Kosovo boycotts Serbian elections, but voting was under way yesterday for members of the Serbian minority, who live in isolated enclaves in the province.Shortly after the vote, a UN proposal on the future of Kosovo is expected to be presented.The report had been delayed for several months to avoid inflaming nationalist sentiment in Serbia before the elections.Ceku said he expected that the process to resolve Kosovo’s status “will pick up on its planned dynamic as of today.”Kosovo has been run by a UN mission for nearly eight years following a war between Serbian forces and ethnic Albanians demanding independence.Nampa-AP