Kosovo

BELGRADE - A disciplinary judge of the basketball Euroleague has punished Red Star Belgrade and Galatasaray over crowd trouble associated with their Euroleague Round 6 Group D encounter in Istanbul, when Marko Ivkovic, a 25-year-old supporter of the Serbian club, was killed before the game.

BELGRADE - Vlade Divac, president of the Serbian Olympic Committee, said that he is not surprised by the decision of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to grant full recognition to Kosovo.

"No new German conditions"

BELGRADE -- Germany has not set any new condition before Serbia on its path towards gaining membership in the EU, a Belgrade-based daily writes.

Turkey has welcomed Kosovo's newly formed government, which came after the country's two largest parties agreed to form a coalition, a statement from Turkey's Foreign Ministry has said.

Kosovo assembly elects new government

PRIŠTINA -- The Kosovo assembly elected a new government on Tuesday, headed by the Democratic Alliance of Kosovo leader Isa Mustafa.

73 were in favor, 30 against, and two abstained.

PM says IOC decision on Kosovo "unacceptable"

BELGRADE -- Serbia condemns "in the harshest terms" Tuesday's decision by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to grant membership to Kosovo, says Ivica Dacic.

BELGRADE - The Republic of Serbia condemns in the harshest terms Tuesday's decision by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to grant full recognition to Kosovo, Serbian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Ivica Dacic has said.

PRISTINA - Members of the Assembly of Kosovo have elected the new government in Pristina on Tuesday, with Isa Mustafa, leader of the Democratic League of Kosovo (DLK), as prime minister and three seats for members from the Srpska list.

Vulovic, wanted by Kosovo police since last July, appeared before an EU prosecutor on Monday and was put under 30 days house arrest.

Dragana Nikolic-Solomon, from the EU rule-of-law mission, EULEX, told BIRN that Vulovic appeared voluntarily before the public prosecutor in the northern half of the divided town of Mitrovica.

Athletes from Kosovo are celebrating the IOC decision to grant Kosovo full membership, which means they will be fielding their own national team for the Brazil Olympics.

The decision was reached at the 127th session of the IOC held in Monaco and follows an earlier decision in October by the IOC to grant Kosovo provisional recognition.