Serb women protest ‘ghettoization’

MITROVICA, Kosovo (AFP) — Hundreds of Serbian women demonstrated in Kosovo on Wednesday, in protest against ethnic-Albanian authorities who they accused of seeking to “ghettoize” the Serb minority.

The protest in the north of Mitrovica — long a flashpoint between Serbs and ethnic Albanians — took place as Serbian and Kosovar officials try to find a solution to a row over number plates.

The dispute erupted after Kosovo said the country’s ethnic Serbs would be fined if they did not swap vehicle licence plates issued by Serbia for registration numbers issued by Pristina.