Kosovo protests

Ahead of the parliamentary elections in the Republic of Kosovo, one of the front runners for the position of the Prime Minister, Ramush Haradinaj, stated that if he wins there will be no place neither for Serbia nor for Serbian municipalities in Kosovo. Serbia's Minister of Internal Affairs commented to Sputnik on the issue.

Ramus Haradinaj - Photo: RTS

Leader of the Alliance for the Future of Kosovo Ramush Haradinaj arrived in Pristina last night. At the airport in Pristina he was welcomed by his closest family and associates. In the city center a festive reception was organized, attended by large number of citizens.

Photo: PPCOE / Wikipedia

A delegation of Serbia's National Assembly on Thursday left a session of the Council of Europe's Parliamentary Assembly, held in Strasbourg, France, in protest.

The move was prompted by the decision of a French court earlier in the day to reject Serbia's request to extradite Ramush Haradinaj.

Two opposition parties in Kosovo, the Alliance for the future of Kosovo, AAK, and Nisma, have said they will go into the next elections under a joint nominee for the post of Prime Minister, AAK leader Ramush Haradinaj.

Kosovo has sparked new tensions with Serbia after deciding to register all immovable property registered formerly as property of Yugoslavia, of Serbia, or of the old Autonomous Province of Kosovo, as property of the now independent Republic of Kosovo.

Pristina has banned Serbian cabinet minister Aleksandar Vulin from entering Kosovo, reports said on Monday.

According to Beta, the permission was not given by the Kosovo Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

BELGRADE - Serbia will demand the extradition of Ramush Haradinaj, a former Kosovo guerrilla commander and prime minister, from France, Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic said Thursday.

Slavko Simic, the head of Lista Srpska, the ethnic Serbian party in Kosovo's coalition government, told Kosovo's public broadcaster late on Thursday that Jevtic had filed her resignation from the position of local government minister.

Police in Kosovo arrested six people as part of an investigation into an alleged land scam that cost the state 30 million euros, the prosecution office said on Wednesday.

Azem Syla, a prominent legislator from the ruling party, was the alleged leader of the fraud which is believed to have involved 40 people, the EU police mission in Kosovo said.

Following a meeting of leaders of the opposition coalition on Friday, consisting of Vetevendosje, Alliance for the Future of Kosovo, AAK and the Initiative for Kosova, NISMA, a protest planned for Saturday againt Hashim Thaci's election as President has been called off.