Erden Atic News Today

Kosovo Serbs in the mainly Serb north protested against their newly elected mayors on Monday, as the EU and US called on Kosovo's authorities not to use force to secure disputed municipal premises.

As Serbs in northern Kosovo clashed with police escorting disputed new mayors into their municipal offices, the US laid the blame squarely at the feet of the Kosovo authorities.

The new mayor of North Mitrovica, from Kosovo's ruling Vetevendosje party, assumed office on Friday in a tense atmosphere following a Kosovo Serb boycott of the April local elections.