Hashim Thaci

Self-Determination member to represent Priština

PRIŠTINA -- A member of the Self-Determination Movement, a party led by Albin Kurti, will in he future represent Priština in the technical dialogue with Belgrade.

Kosovo’s Constitutional Court is due to hold a hearing session on Thursday when the two major political blocs will present additional arguments on which one has the right to nominate a candidate for the post of speaker of the Assembly.

Kosovo to address religious intolerance

The president seeks greater institutional co-operation to reduce religious hate speech and vandalism.

Kosovo authorities are trying to undermine a trend of religious intolerance that has affected religious harmony and also the work of the dominant Islamic Community (BIK), experts said.

Del Ponte "would go back to prosecute KLA"

BELGRADE -- Former Chief Hague Prosecutor Carla del Ponte has said she would be willing to return to The Hague to prosecute the leaders of the KLA.

Following last week's dramatic scenes in parliament over the vote for a new speaker, the President of Kosovo, Atifete Jahjaga, has put back her plans to nominate a Prime Minister-designate.

The President had previously announced that she would nominate a candidate for Prime Minister after the first session of parliament on July 17.

The opposition Vetevendosje Movement in Kosovo has just 16 seats in the 120-seat parliament, but still appears to hold the key to the Prime Minister’s office.

Kosovo: Parties reject Self-Determination's demands

PRIŠTINA -- Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK) leader Isa Mustafa says his party will not accept the conditions put forward by Albin Kurti's Self-Determination.

Opposition leaders from the Alliance for the Future of Kosovo (AAK), the Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK), Nisma and the Vetevendosje Movement failed on Monday to reach a deal aimed at stopping outgoing Prime Minister Hashim Thaci, head of the Democratic Party of Kosovo, from forming the next government.

Kosovo President Atifete Jahjaga said on Monday that the recently-elected legislature should convene for the first time on July 17 so she can “submit to parliament the proposal for the new prime minister nominate to parliament”.

Construction on the ‘Arben Xhaferi’ highway - named after a late Albanian politician in Macedonia - started on Thursday with a ceremony inaugurated by Kosovo Prime Minister Hashim Thaci and state officials from Macedonia in Fushe Kosove/Kosovo Polje.

“Today is a special day for Kosovo, it is a blessed day,” Thaci said after symbolically beginning work on the 60-kilometre highway.