Kadri Veseli

Kosovo's parliament on Friday is due to hold its first session in 2016 after meeting for the last time two months ago, on December 17.

The chairman of parliament, Kadri Veseli, said on Monday that the date of the next assembly session is yet to be decided because MPs' holidays have been extended until next month.

"Many members of parliament are abroad until February, and we are planning to hold a presidency meeting by the beginning of February to decide on the dates of the parliamentary sessions," Veseli said.

Kosovo opposition MPs again caused chaos on Tuesday at a session of parliament, which was due to approve the 2016 budget.

Opposition MPs, led by the Vetevendosje (Self-determination) Movement, threw teargas in the chamber and in the corridors as well as spraying pepper at security personnel.

MPs from the opposition Vetevendosje (Self-Determination Movement) released tear gas in the parliamentary chamber around midnight on Friday forcing lawmakers to evacuate.

MPs from the opposition Vetevendosje (Self-Determination Movement) set off tear gas inside the parliament chamber on Friday, forcing lawmakers to evacuate.

They also set off gas in front of the parliamentary speaker's office just before the start of Friday's session.

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.

Kosovo's parliament on Thursday stopped work shortly after the three opposition parties blocked the speaker's pulpit in parliament making the work of the session impossible.

Opposition MPs hurled eggs towards Kosovo's Prime Minister, Isa Mustafa, while he was addressing parliament on the latest agreement reached between Pristina and Belgrade on August 25.

MPs from the nationalist Self-determination movement erupted during the Prime Minister's speech when he said that the recent agreement complied with Kosovo's constitution.

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