Kosovo parliament

A specific feature of the new Kosovo parliament is that party leaders have made sure to also bring in their family members.

The results of elections in Kosovo evidence the radicalization of political authorities in Pristina, largely as consequence of silent agreement of the European Union and the United States, the Russian Foreign Ministry said Wednesday.

A grand coalition of 14 parties, headed by the Democratic Party of Kosovo, PDK, the Alliance for the Future of Kosovo, AAK, and the Initiative for Kosovo, NISMA, came first in the Kosovo snap elections held on Sunday.

One of the main opposition leaders in Montenegro, Nebojsa Medojevic, called on the government to protect the border with Kosovo and withdraw recognition of Kosovo's independence - after Kosovo again delayed a vote in its parliament on the vexed frontier demarcation deal.

Locals in the Kosovo capital Pristina are divided over whether the country's parliament should ratify the controversial border agreement with Montenegro, which opposition parties say will rob Kosovo of land.

However, most doubt adoption of the agreement will singlehandedly lead to the EU lifting visa requirements.

Slovene centre-left MEP Tanja Fajon has added to the chorus of international voices urging Kosovo to get on with ratifying a controversial border deal with Montenegro.

Kosovo Parliament adopted today a resolution demanding the unconditional release of Ramush Haradinaj and interruption of the dialogue with Belgrade until the request is fulfilled.

BELGRADE - Members of the Kosovo Parliament adopted with 68 votes "for" and none "against" the draft resolution on the transformation of the Kosovo Security Forces into Kosovo Armed Forces.

Kosovo government officials have yet to explain what they plan to do with the two-metre-high wall that Kosovo Serbs have erected on the northern side of the Ibar river in the divided northern town of Mitrovica.

A resolution issued by the Kosovo parliament on December 23 ordered "the demolition of the illegal wall in the northern part of Mitrovica to happen within January 2017".

The speaker of Kosovo Parliament, Kadri Veseli, met EU ambassadors and the head of the European Union Office in Pristina, Natalya Apostolova, to discuss main points in parliament's work in 2017.