Kosovar Albanians

Kosovo’s President toured the ethnic Serbian town of Gracanica in central Kosovo on Tuesday, on what looked like a mission to reassure ethnic Serbs in the wake of reported attacks.

The President of Kosovo, Atifete Jahjaga, on Monday praised the country's police for rounding up 40 suspected Islamist militants, saying that “Kosovo will not be a shelter for extremism.”

“We will never allow our country to become a source of criminal and terrorist acts that threaten peace and stability,” she said.

Kosovo citizens condemn ISIL execution by their own citizen

Kosovo to address religious intolerance

The president seeks greater institutional co-operation to reduce religious hate speech and vandalism.

Kosovo authorities are trying to undermine a trend of religious intolerance that has affected religious harmony and also the work of the dominant Islamic Community (BIK), experts said.

The President of Kosovo, Atifete Jahjaga, on Thursday met security chiefs to discuss horrifying photographs posted on Facebook of a Kosovo Albanian militant allegedly beheading a captive soldier in Syria.

Security bodies were tasked with “treating this threat to the security of Kosovo as as priority.

Following last week's dramatic scenes in parliament over the vote for a new speaker, the President of Kosovo, Atifete Jahjaga, has put back her plans to nominate a Prime Minister-designate.

The President had previously announced that she would nominate a candidate for Prime Minister after the first session of parliament on July 17.

Isa Musfata, head of the Democratic League of Kosovo, LDK, was elected speaker of Kosovo's parliament after 65 of 83 MPs present voted in favour.

“I will work in the interest of all MPs and all parliamentary groups no matter if they are present or not. We will work a lot for the integration of our minority communities, who elected us today”, he said after taking office on Thursday.

The opposition Vetevendosje Movement in Kosovo has just 16 seats in the 120-seat parliament, but still appears to hold the key to the Prime Minister’s office.

Kosovo: Parties reject Self-Determination's demands

PRIŠTINA -- Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK) leader Isa Mustafa says his party will not accept the conditions put forward by Albin Kurti's Self-Determination.

Opposition leaders from the Alliance for the Future of Kosovo (AAK), the Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK), Nisma and the Vetevendosje Movement failed on Monday to reach a deal aimed at stopping outgoing Prime Minister Hashim Thaci, head of the Democratic Party of Kosovo, from forming the next government.