Muslim Bosniaks account for 40 per cent and Orthodox Christian Serbs 31 per cent, according to Vatican statistics.
A judgment against it is unlikely to change its support for Serbs around Mitrovica.
Disliked he may be, but few Serbs deny that Mr Djindjic smooth, sophisticated, handsome and chic is also clever, dynamic and brave.His detractors, however, both on the left and on the right, are legion too.
Complicating matters, Princip was a Serb and, although he wanted a Yugoslavia, the first casualties of his act were Serbs.
It is certainly fanciful to suggest, as conspiratorially-minded Belgraders are already doing, that Mr Djindjic's rise is part of an elaborate plot to keep the venal old system intact.Still, he will have to deal with the many former top Serbs, starting with Mr Milosevic, wanted for trial as war criminals in The Hague.
This reverses the situation in most of Kosovo, where Serbs live in fear of the Albanian majority.It is in Mitrovica that Mr Steiner will succeed or fail in implementing a policy known as "standards before status".
If Kosovo is seen to be a place where Serbs and Albanians can coexist, it may be easier for Russia to shift its stand in the UN Security Council and accept the idea of the province's eventual independence.
Some predict that many northern Serbs will leave.
Many Serbs live in this area so it is a problem both for Serbs and Albanians, in other words, for ordinary people.
The Serbian government is now encouraging local Serbs to form a joint list to take part in elections.
Loyal Muslim and Catholic citizens rioted side-by-side against the treacherous Serbs.
