Kosovan parliamentary election

Hashim Thaci has been elected as Kosovo's president in the third round of voting in the Kosovo assembly in Pristina on Friday.

Among those voting for Thaci, PDK party leader and currently a deputy PM in the Kosovo government, were reportedly the Serb (Srpska) List MPs, whom he thanked in his first address.

Hashim Thaci has been elected as Kosovo's president after 71 of the country's 120 MPs voted in favour of his nomination. Ten ballots were deemed invalid.

The alternative candidate, Rafet Rama, also from the Democratic Party of Kosovo, PDK, received no votes.

Hashim Thaci cannot become Kosovo's president unless Serbs vote in favor, the Albanian language daily Koha Ditore is reporting.

But the Serb (Srpska) List representatives will not do it, according to the report, unless the Community of Serb Municipalities (ZSO) is formed.

Kosovo Prime Minister Isa Mustafa has said there is "no reason for his deputy (and) foreign minister, Hashim Thaci" not to become the president.

Mustafa promised that his Democratic Party of Kosovo would support Thaci's bid, the Kosova Press agency said.

PRISTINA - Hasim Taci, leader of the Democratic Party of Kosovo (DPK), and Isa Mustafa, leader of the Democratic League of Kosovo (DLK), signed an agreement on forming a ruling coalition in Pristina on Monday.

Deal to form ruling coalition signed in Pristina

PRIŠTINA -- Hasim Thaci and Isa Mustafa on Monday signed an agreement to form a ruling coalition in Kosovo.

The two head the Democratic Party of Kosovo and the Democratic League of Kosovo, respectively.

Kosovo President Atifete Jahjaga confirmed on Tuesday that a constitutive session of the new parliament would be held on December 8 after a meeting with the leaders of the two parties involved in the coalition - Hashim Thaci of the Democratic Party of Kosovo, PDK, and Isa Mustafa of the Democratic League of Kosovo, LDK.

Kosovo set to get government, Thaci to be president in 2016

PRIŠTINA -- Six months after elections followed by a political deadlock "Kosovo will very soon get a new government," the local media in Priština are reporting on Thursday.

Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK) leader Isa Mustafa is tipped to become Kosovo's next Prime Minister after an agreement between the main political aprties to form a coalition cabinet, sources say.

Their decision comes after a six-month-long political deadlock following early elections in June called by then-PM Hashim Thaci.

A coalition formed after the June general elections with the aim of toppling the rule of Hashim Thaci and his Democratic Party of Kosovo, PDK, is in danger of dissolving without achieving its goal.

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