Kosovo’s prime minister urged minority Serbs not to boycott the country’s first elections since independence from Serbia, calling the vote today a key test for his new nation.

YESTERDAY, Pristina awoke to a city-wide hangover after its delirious denizens marked independence with an all-night city-wide party.

Kosovo’s leaders sent out 192 letters to the world’s nations today asking for formal recognition of its independence.

Kosovo’s prime minister today announced a special afternoon session of parliament where lawmakers planned to declare independence – a bold and historic bid for statehood in defiance of Serbia and Russia.