Faton Topalli
Kosovo Sets Election Date Amid Constitutional Controversies
A man in Pristina votes at a polling station in the early parliamentary elections on October 6, 2019. Photo: EPA-EFE/GEORGI LICOVSKI
The decision came hours after the Constitutional Court ruled that Avdullah Hoti's current coalition government was illegitimate because it was voted into office with the help of an invalid vote cast by an MP with a criminal conviction.
Kosovo Court Finds Four Opposition MPs Guilty
Pristina Basic Court on Wednesday found four MPs from Kosovo's main opposition Vetevendosje party - Albin Kurti, Donika Kadaj-Bujupi, Albulena Haxhiu and Faton Topalli - guilty of letting off tear gas in parliament on 2015.
None will go to jail as all of them received conditional sentences.
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Kosovo Court Issues Arrest Warrant For Albin Kurti
A court in Kosovo has issued an arrest warrant for MP Albin Kurti, one of four MPs from Vetevendosje accused of letting off teargas in parliament last year, after he failed to show up for his trial in the capital Pristina.
A judge told the hearing that he would issue the warrant for Kurti's detention to secure his presence in court.
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Pristina: Arrest warrants for tear gas-firing opposition MPs
The Basic Court in Pristina has issued warrants for the arrest of four opposition members of the Kosovo assembly.
They are Albin Kurtin, Albulena Haxhiu and Faton Topalli from Self-Determination, and Donika Kadaj Bujupi from the Alliance for the Future of Kosovo.
Kosovo Opposition MPs Tear-Gas Parliament Again
Opposition party MPs set off three tear gas canisters in the legislature on Thursday, causing the chamber to be evacuated and the parliamentary session to be halted.
The canisters were brought into parliament despite that fact that MPs were searched on Thursday morning under new security measures introduced after a similar tear-gas attack by opposition lawmakers last week.
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Kosovo PM Faces Criticism 100 Days Into Mandate
As Kosovo's parliament debated the Mustafa government's four-year plan on Thursday and Friday, opposition MPs criticised the Prime Minister for putting together an "unclear and complicated" programme which had achieved little so far.
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