Ramush Haradinaj
Kosovo's Haradinaj Held in France on Serbian Warrant
Former PM and AAK leader Ramush Haradinaj was detained on Wednesday by police in eastern France on a flight from Pristina on the basis of a Serbian arrest warrant that alleges he committed war crimes while he was a guerrilla commander with the Kosovo Liberation Army, KLA, during the war in Kosovo.
His family confirmed the arrest on Wednesday to Kosovo's public broadcaster RTK.
Haradinaj denies he is crime boss who smuggles weapons
Alliance for the Future of Kosovo leader Ramush Haradinaj claims that the media reports about him being "a crime and arms smuggling boss" are untrue.
Haradinaj took to Facebook to say that the allegations were the work of "criminal associations from Belgrade and Pristina, whose mentors are in Moscow."
"Haradinaj's clan smuggling arms through Serbia" - daily
Former KLA commander and former Kosovo Prime Minister Ramush Haradinaj "heads one of the most powerful crime clans in Kosovo."
This is according to the Belgrade-based newspaper Blic, which also claims that the crime group "uses a route through Serbia" to smuggle weapons.
Power Struggle Splits Kosovo Opposition Parties
Political observers in Kosovo predict the likely end of a "united" opposition in the country after two opposition parties drafted a cooperation agreement without the presence of the third, the Vetevendsoje [Self-Determination] movement.
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Kosovo Opposition Put Street Protest on Hold
Following a meeting of leaders of the opposition coalition on Friday, consisting of Vetevendosje, Alliance for the Future of Kosovo, AAK and the Initiative for Kosova, NISMA, a protest planned for Saturday againt Hashim Thaci's election as President has been called off.
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Violence Erupts as Kosovo Parliament Set to Decide President
Ahead of the election of a new President of Kosovo, opposition parties have urged their supporters to gather in front of parliament, where they have been sleeping in tents as part of their campaign to force the government to resign.
Kosovo Opposition Bed Down in Tent Protest
Opposition activists and politicians set up tents in the square opposite the government building in Pristina on the night before parliament - interrupted last Friday by tear gas three times - was due to resume work on Wednesday.
At dusk, some 30 tents, including almost ten with a capacity of 10 to 40 people, were set up in the city's Skanderbeg Square.
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Kosovo Opposition Calls 'Peaceful Rallies' After Violence
In an apparent change of tactics after the recent violence, the Alliance for the Future of Kosovo (AAK) party said it would hold peaceful rallies outside the capital starting on Saturday.
Slovenia Releases Kosovo Ex-Premier Haradinaj
Wartime guerrilla commander turned political leader Ramush Haradinaj, who was detained in Slovenia on a Serbian war crimes arrest warrant, is expected to return to Kosovo after being freed.
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Haradinaj arrested, released, kept in Slovenia
Haradinaj arrested, released, kept in Slovenia
Leader of the Alliance for the Future of Kosovo Ramush Haradinaj was arrested in Slovenia on Wednesday on a Serbian warrant.
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