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And again … Fifth attempt to elect Kosovo Assembly speaker fails

The so-called war coalition ("PAN") in Kosovo, led by the PDK party, has failed to garner a majority to elect its candidate for speaker of the Kosovo Assembly.

This pre-election coalition is now seeking a new postponement - "not more than 14 days" - in order to secure a majority.

Kosovo Coalition Divided over Criminalising Defamation

A draft law to recriminalise defamation, proposed earlier this year and strongly opposed by journalists and civil society groups, has divided candidates from the coalition between the Kosovo Democratic Party, PDK, the Alliance for the Future of Kosovo, AAK and the Initiative for Kosovo, NISMA, which are running together in the June 11 polls.

Assembly in Pristina elects Thaci as Kosovo president

Hashim Thaci has been elected as Kosovo's president in the third round of voting in the Kosovo assembly in Pristina on Friday.

Among those voting for Thaci, PDK party leader and currently a deputy PM in the Kosovo government, were reportedly the Serb (Srpska) List MPs, whom he thanked in his first address.