NATO Sending Reinforcements as Ethnic Tensions Rise in Northern Kosovo
- Ethnic Albanian mayors taking office in the region's Serb-majority area has led to unrest and violence.
- NATO has sent additional troops to the region to boost its 4,000 strong mission.
- U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken has called on Kosovo and Serbia to de-escalate tension in the north Kosovo region.
- Serbs refuse to accept April's election results and say low turnout of 3.5% makes them illegitimate.
- Kosovo Prime Minister Albin Kurti will not back down from installing ethnic Albanian mayors in Serb majority areas.