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Kosovo's Serbian Deputy Prime Minister, Branimir Stojanovic, on Thursday said the formation of a Kosovo Army remained "unacceptable" for the Serbian community, adding that Serbian representatives in parliament, himself included, will vote against its formation.     

He made this assertion also on Wednesday during a session of government where this issue was being voted on.

The Prime Ministers from the Western Balkans visited Tirana to take part in the "Tirana Talk" of the Vienna Economic Forum, a forum organized on the initiative of the Albanian Prime Minister, Edi Rama.

Kosovo war veterans protested over the conviction of two former KLA commanders of the 'Drenica group' on Wednesday by blocking a road.

International media are reporting that new calls to create "a Greater Albania" have been heard as terrorists killed in Kumanovo were buried in Pristina.

Two former senior members of the Kosovo Liberation Army, Sami Lushtaku and Sylejman Selimi, were convicted of crimes against civilians during the 1998-99 conflict.

Russia's ambassador to the UN has told a Security Council session on to Kosovo that statements about the creation of a Greater Albania are a cause for concern.

Vitaly Churkin also communicated his country's concern "over the manner in which the West is talking Pristina into forming a court for the crimes committed by the KLA," RTS has quoted him as saying.

The UN Security Council was told that Pristina must act quickly to set up a new special court to deal with alleged war crimes committed by senior Kosovo Liberation Army members.

Hashim Thaci's announcement about "a genocide lawsuit" is aimed primarily "at spoiling the visit of PM Aleksandar Vucic to Tirana," says Aleksandar Vulin.

Former members and supporters of the Kosovo Liberation Army, KLA, on Tuesday buried the nine Kosovars killed in clashes with the Macedonian police in the town of Kumanovo two weeks ago. 

One of the leaders of a group that carried out a terrorist attack in Kumanovo, Macedonia, Beg Rizaj, has been buried in the town of Decani in Kosovo.

The funeral was attended by persons wearing uniforms of the disbanded KLA.