Kosovo votes in historic poll

• Kosovo voted on Sunday in its first elections since declaring independence in 2008, which look set to weaken Prime Minister Hashim Thaci's grip on power.
• Police reported threats to minority Serb voters in North Kosovo but there were no reports of violence.
• Kosovo is voting today for a European future, for visa liberalisation and integration into the European Union and the United Nations. The current PM said.
• The ethnic-Albanian majority declared Kosovo independent in February 2008, a move recognised by 72 countries including the U.S. and all but five European Union members.
• Serbia, which still considers the territory as its southern province, has advised the 1,20,000-strong Serb minority in Kosovo not to vote.
• Ten out of the 129 parliament seats are reserved for the Serb minority but it could go up to 15 if Serb turnout is high.
• More than 10 years after the war between the independence-seeking Albanian majority and forces loyal to then Serbian strongman Slobodan Milosevic, Kosovo remains one of the poorest regions in Europe with nearly half the population living below the poverty line