ICG: Serbs leaving Kosovo under sustained pressure by Pristina

WARSAW - More than 10 per cent of Serbs have left Kosovo-Metohija over the past year under sustained pressure by Pristina, according to an International Crisis Group (ICG) report.

The report, titled "Toward Normal Relations between Kosovo and Serbia," said tensions in Kosovo-Metohija had risen since the advent of Pristina's PM Albin Kurti.

"The departures (of Serbs) accelerate a pre-existing trend: Crisis Group estimates that up to one third have left in the past eight years," it said.

"In 2015, the Kosovo Serb population was an estimated 145,000 strong; by 2023, it had dipped below 100,000. While exact numbers are unknown due to the Serbs' boycott of the last census, held in 2011, Serbian authorities say another 13 per cent of Serbs left Kosovo over the past year," it said.

"Since taking office in 2021, the government of Kosovo's Prime Minister Albin...