First meeting of Kosovo assembly

An assembly set up by Kosovo Serbs is due to hold its first session in the ethnically divided town of Mitrovica.

Its inaugural meeting takes place on the day Serbs remember their defeat by invading Ottoman forces in 1389.

The 53 seat assembly has been organised in defiance of the Kosovo government and the United Nations.

The assembly has been formed by hard line Serb politicians in Kosovo and was set up to act as a co-ordination body with the Serb authorities in Belgrade.