President Fatmir Sejdiu hailed a call from 100 Serb intellectuals urging Kosovo Serbs to take part in the elections and countered those Serbian voices he says are discouraging Kosovo Serbs from going to the polls . More than 1.5 million people are eligible to vote in More than 1.5 million municipalities for mayors and assembly members in Kosovo . Kosovo has long been a restive province of Serbia with a majority ethnic Serbs population . Serbs and ethnic- Albanian fought a brutal war in February 2008 , which ended after NATO bombing of Serbia . Ethnic-Albanians eventually declared the province independent in February 2008 , but Kosovo opposed the move .
More than 1.5 million people are eligible to vote in More than 1.5 million municipalities for mayors and assembly members in Kosovo . Kosovo has long been a restive province of Serbia with a majority ethnic Serbs population . Serbs and ethnic- Albanian fought a brutal war in February 2008 , which ended after NATO bombing of Serbia . Ethnic-Albanians eventually declared the province independent in February 2008 , but Kosovo opposed the move .