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Kosovo's opposition on Wednesday held up ratification of a border agreement with Montenegro, which they regard as a sell-out, releasing tear gas at a parliamentary session called to push the deal through, according to Reuters. 

Pristina's mayor Shpend Ahmeti resigned from the main Kosovo opposition party, Vetevendosje, late on Wednesday, several months after he won his second mandate as its mayoral candidate - highighting serious internal problems within the party.

The Appeals Court in Pristina on Monday ordered the release of three opposition Vetevendosje party activists, including an MP, who were convicted of throwing a grenade at the parliament building in 2016 and given substantial jail terms.

The court overturned the original verdicts and returned the case to the Basic Court of Pristina for retrial.

Albin Kurti, the newly-elected leader of Vetevendosje (Self-Determination), the biggest opposition party in Kosovo, told BIRN on Thursday that he believes that Serbs were behind last week's murder of Kosovo Serb politician Oliver Ivanovic.

The former leader of Kosovo's main opposition party, MP Albin Kurti and another Vetevendosje MP, Donika Kadaj-Bujupi, were released from detention on Friday after their arrest on November 24 on charges of letting off tear gas in parliament on 2015.

As Kosovo waits for official results from Sunday's local elections, some 17 municipalities already seem set for runoffs, according to preliminary data from local NGO Democracy in Action (DIA), which monitored the process. 

Kosovo marks the last day of the local election campaign on Friday, as it prepares for Sunday's elections, now being held for the second time since 2013 also in the northern Serb-majority towns.

Their formal importance stems from Kosovo's constitutional and legal system, which guarantees their representation through reserved seats in parliament and the cabinet.

Functionally, however, this power is trivial, owing to the lack of legitimacy of the Serbs' elected representatives, plus the lack of any clear idea about what constitutes the Serbian interest in the country.

Vetevendosje and the Democratic League of Kosovo, LDK, resumed their talks on Monday in a bid to reach a coalition agreement in Kosovo - which still has no government.

However, many question whether the two old rivals can clear away all the animosities from the past.

Kosovo is facing political crisis after its new parliament failed to elect a speaker on Thursday, casting doubt on whether the coalition that won June's snap election can muster a majority, EurActiv.com reports.