Koha Ditore

"Kosovo and the Western Balkans region do not have to worry, because NATO remains committed to the stability of the region, regardless of the situation in Ukraine", a KFOR spokesman said.

According to the Pristina newspaper Koha Ditore, PDK MP Abelard Tahiri asked Kurti why he did not have the courage to tell the Prime Minister of Serbia, Ana Brnabi, who committed the crimes.

From Paris student to campaigner for Albanian rights

Rugova in Pristina in April 1998. Photo: EPA/SRDJAN SUKI.

The army statement said that over 20 buildings had already been hit and that the air campaign was continuing, but insisted that the military's operational and combat readiness was at the highest possible level. It also declared that the mood among the country's soldiers and officers was "unusually high".

But Pristina-based newspaper Koha Ditore is reporting that the five men have been released "immediately after they were questioned."

The daily newspaper Koha Ditore reported on Thursday that Kosovo's government has started working on a "plan B" to transform the current lightly armed Security Force, KSF, into a regular army.

According to the newspaper, the plan envisages a 10-year transition process.

Kosovo Deputy Prime Minister Enver Hoxhaj says he sent a letter to EU Enlargement Commissioner Johannes Hahn, on behalf of the Kosovo government.

In it, Hoxhaj said he expressed Pristina's concerns over the uncertainty of Kosovo's European integration perspective in the European Commission's new enlargement strategy.

In it, Hoxhaj said he expressed Pristinas concerns over the uncertainty of Kosovos European integration perspective in the European Commissions new enlargement strategy.

Otherwise, Thaci told Voice of America in an interview, he would be "violating the Constitution."

"It is my constitutional and legal obligation, and I cannot deny or turn down the will of the MPs," he said, according to Tanjug, which cited UNMIK's Media Observer.

The US has warned Pristina that if the Kosovo Assembly repeals the law on the special court, Washington will not block a Russian initiative.

The initiative concerns a similar court being formed by the UN.