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Wide of Serbian side of Mitrovica, (Serbian province under UN administration)2. North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) soldiers crossing bridge from Albanian side to Serb side3. Mid of Kosovo policeman on the...\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class='full-description hide'\u003eNorth Mitrovica\u003cbr/\u003e1. Wide of Serbian side of Mitrovica, (Serbian province under UN administration)\u003cbr/\u003e2. North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) soldiers crossing bridge from Albanian side to Serb side\u003cbr/\u003e3. Mid of Kosovo policeman on the bridge\u003cbr/\u003e4. Wide of NATO soldiers on patrol\u003cbr/\u003e5. Russian President Vladimir Putin's picture with poster below, reading: (Serbian) \"No to Kosovo elections\"\u003cbr/\u003e6. Wide of street \u003cbr/\u003e7. SOUNDBITE: (Serbian) Mile Petrovic, Vox pop, Kosovo Serb:\u003cbr/\u003e\"For me Kosovo is not a state, therefore these elections do not exist for me. Kosovo is part of Serbia, and I will never vote in their elections. I am a citizen of the Republic of Serbia and not citizen of the Kosovo state.\"\u003cbr/\u003e8. Close of poster calling for boycott of Kosovo elections\u003cbr/\u003e9. SOUNDBITE: (Serbian) Zoran Antonijevic, Vox pop, Kosovo Serb:\u003cbr/\u003e\"Definitely I will not vote\"\u003cbr/\u003e(Question: Will any Serb go out and vote?)\u003cbr/\u003e\"No I do not believe that anyone will. Maybe only those who are being paid. But not us.\"\u003cbr/\u003e10. Wide of street\u003cbr/\u003e11. Wide of Serbian flag and banner reading: (Serbian) \"Russia Help!\"\u003cbr/\u003e12. Mid of banner calling for boycott of elections\u003cbr/\u003e13. Set-up of Milan Ivanovic, Kosovo Serb leader\u003cbr/\u003e14. SOUNDBITE: (Serbian) Milan Ivanovic, Kosovo Serb leader:\u003cbr/\u003e\"In the elections we will not go and vote and we call upon people to boycott them. These elections are for separatist institutions who the heads of institutions call upon to declare Kosovo as an Independent state. So Serbs will never accept that and they will never live in such state, it's incompatible with their survival.\"\u003cbr/\u003e15. Pan of NATO vehicle\u003cbr/\u003ePristina\u003cbr/\u003e16. Exterior of 'self-determination office'\u003cbr/\u003e17. Close of banner reading: (Albanian) \"No, to elections\"\u003cbr/\u003e18. SOUNDBITE: (English) Albin Kurti, leader of self determination youth movement:\u003cbr/\u003e\"We believe that these elections are farce and we call to all the citizens of Kosovo to boycott this elections and in this way to resist to be deceived once more.\"\u003cbr/\u003e19. Various of supporters of self determination youth movement handing out leaflets asking people not to vote\u003cbr/\u003e20. Various of street scenes, billboards showing candidates in election\u003cbr/\u003e21. Wide of news conference\u003cbr/\u003e21. SOUNDBITE: (English) Lieutenant General Xavier Bout de Marnhac, NATO's commander in Kosovo:\u003cbr/\u003e\"The troops of KFOR (Kosovo Force) will be ready, and the sufficient number of troops will be deployed in the field to provide for security and my message is to any citizens: you will have the freedom to go and vote in a safe and secure environment and please use your right to vote and I think this is important for the future of Kosovo.\"\u003cbr/\u003e22. Wide of Tim Guldimann, Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) head of mission in Kosovo talking to journalists\u003cbr/\u003e23. Close of flags \u003cbr/\u003eSerbs across the ethnically divided town of Mitrovica in northern Kosovo said on Friday they were determined to boycott weekend elections in the province, as North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) troops tighten security in the region ahead of the vote. \u003cbr/\u003eThe vote comes shortly before international envoys report on efforts to resolve a dispute between independence-seeking ethnic Albanians and Serbs who want Kosovo to remain as part of Serbia.\u003cbr/\u003eThe UN Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) is worried that Serbs planning to boycott the vote might attempt to block polling stations. \u003cbr/\u003eIn the northern town of Mitrovica, NATO troops were visible across the town on Friday. \u003cbr/\u003eAP Television filmed posters and banners calling for a boycott of the elections and asking for help from Russia President Vladimir Putin, seen as an ally of Serbia's cause in the region.\u003cbr/\u003eKosovo Serb leader, Milan Ivanovic told AP Television \"we will not go and vote and we call upon people to boycott them (the elections)\".\u003cbr/\u003eSome Serbs who spoke to AP Television in the Serbian part of Mitrovica needed no persuasion to boycott the vote. \u003cbr/\u003e\"For me Kosovo is not a state, therefore these elections do not exist for me. Kosovo is part of Serbia, and I will never vote in their elections. I am a citizen of the Republic of Serbia and not citizen of the Kosovo state,\" one Kosovo Serb, Mile Petrovic, told AP Television. \u003cbr/\u003eAnother Kosovo Serb, Zoran Antonijevic said \"definitely I will not vote\".\u003cbr/\u003e\"No I do not believe that anyone will. Maybe only those who are being paid. But not us,\" he added. \u003cbr/\u003eIn Pristina supporters of \"self determination\" youth movement took to the streets, handing out leaflets asking people not to vote.  \u003cbr/\u003eAlbin Kurti, a leader of the movement said \"we believe that these elections are farce and we call to all the citizens of Kosovo to boycott this elections and in this way to resist to be deceived once more\".\u003cbr/\u003eA battalion of 530 German reinforcements were put on stand-by to help keep the peace in the disputed Serbian province which has proved a troubled area in the past and already has 16-thousand NATO soldiers on the ground. \u003cbr/\u003eUN and elections watchdog the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) were \"ready to deploy mobile polling stations in case voters in certain areas were refused access to public buildings to cast their votes,\" the UN mission said in a statement.\u003cbr/\u003eNATO's commander in Kosovo,  Lieutenant General Xavier Bout de Marnhac said sufficient troops would be deployed in the field during the elections. \u003cbr/\u003e\"My message is to any citizens: you will have the freedom to go and vote in a safe and secure environment and please use your right to vote and I think this is important for the future of Kosovo,\" he said. \u003cbr/\u003eVoters take to the polls on Saturday to chose lawmakers for Kosovo's parliament and local councils as the deadline looms over ethnic Albanians and Serbia to end a long-standing dispute over province's future.\u003cbr/\u003eSome 1.5 (m) million voters are to take part in the third general elections since Kosovo came under UN and NATO control in 1999 ending the last war in a string of conflicts caused by the break up of former Yugoslavia.\u003cbr/\u003eThey will select members of a 120-seat assembly that will in turn vote in a prime minister and a government.\u003cbr/\u003eThe vote will be boycotted by the Serb minority acting upon orders from Serbia's leadership that has urged them to shun the poll.\u003cbr/\u003eThe province's dwindling Serb minority have traditionally opted not to take part in elections complaining of lack of security and discrimination at the hands of the ethnic Albanian-dominated institutions.\u003cbr/\u003eEthnic Albanians, who make up 90 percent of Kosovo's two (m) million people, insist on independence. 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