8 June 2014 Last updated at 22:04 GMT Kosovo's Prime Minister Hashim Thaci has claimed victory in national elections marked by a low turnout. The former rebel chief's Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK) is ahead by three percentage points, according to preliminary results. For the first time since Kosovo's self-declared independence in 2008, Serbia encouraged ethnic Serbs to vote, to help both countries' EU bids. However, turnout was 43% nationally and even lower in majority Serb areas. The elections follow last year's agreement to normalise relations between Belgrade and Pristina as a pre-c