Kosovo protests

A political alliance of displaced Serbs from Kosovo will compete in the April 24 polls as part of PM Aleksandar Vucic’s electoral list, hoping to secure more support from the authorities.

Tens of thousands of protesters filled Skanderbeg Square in Pristina on Wednesday, on Kosovo's independence day, asking for two controversial agreements with Serbia and Montenegro to be scrapped and for the government to resign.

Opposition parties in Kosovo have called on people to take to the streets again on February 17, when the country will celebrate the eighth anniversary of the declaration of independence.

Kosovo is heading towards the danger point, the US ambassador said, as the ongoing political deadlock shows no signs of a possible solution.

"Kosovo at this point stands at the brink, progress is possible but it is not assured," ambassador Greg Delawie told BIRN.

The Belgrade-Pristina dialogue will resume on Wednesday, January 27, a statement posted on the European External Action Service (EEAS) website has said.

The talks will continue with a meeting between Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic and Kosovo Prime Minister Isa Mustafa, it has been announced.

Pristina will continue dialogue with Belgrade, but it is not known for now when and at what level, said Kosovo's deputy minister for local government.

Bajram Gecaj told Radio Free Europe's Albanian language edition that he "neither denied nor confirmed" whether Prime Minister Isa Mustafa would attend the meeting with Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic in Brussels.

Kosovo Prime Minister Isa Mustafa "will not to to Brussels on January 27 for a meeting with Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic."

This was reported on Wednesday by Pristina-based Albanian language daily, and carried by Beta news agency.

The ruling that parts of the Brussels-brokered agreements with Serbia were unconstitutional swelled the ranks of opposition protesters who caused unrest on the streets of Pristina on Saturday, experts suggested.

In an apparent change of tactics after the recent violence, the Alliance for the Future of Kosovo (AAK) party said it would hold peaceful rallies outside the capital starting on Saturday.

The Kosovo police arrested Albin Kurti, founder of radical opposition Self-Determination party, and another 94 activists, in Pristina on Saturday.