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The murder of Serb politician Oliver Ivanovic is a terrible event - a tragedy, says Kosovo Prime Minister Ramush Haradinaj.

He also told Croatia's state broadcaster HRT that Kosovo is stable, N1 reported.

"This terrorist act will not have any effect on the negotiating process between Pristina and Belgrade in Brussels," he said.

The chair of the Serbian National Assembly's Committee on Kosovo and Metohija added that focusing attention on the vehicle is meant to provide distraction "until those responsible" manage to hide "the key things."

Kosovo President Hashim Thaci is insisting that he will sign legislation to abolish a special court set up to try former Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) members for war and postwar crimes if parliament passes such a measure.

Chairman of parliament and ruling party leader Kadri Veseli described the new Hague-based Specialist Chambers which will try former Kosovo guerrillas as unjust, but said MPs’ attempts to stop it would not succeed.

Daut Haradinaj - the brother of Kosovo PM Ramush Haradinaj - and Azem Syla will be among those indicted by the Kosovo Specialist Chambers ("special court").

RTS reported this on Monday, citing the Pristina-based website Insajderi.

RTS reported this on Monday, citing the Pristina-based website Insajderi.

The court has been set up to deal with the crimes committed by members of the ethnic Albanian KLA ("Kosovo Liberation Army") in KOsovo and Metohija.

Kosovo's Prime Minister Ramush Haradinaj has confirmed that the government will try to transform the nation's security forces into a regular army through constitutional changes to satisfy the country's international partners.

Haradinaj said during a visit to Kosovo Security Force headquarters on Thursday that "we should give the constitutional mandate" to the future army.

Kosovo's new prime minister said Wednesday his government has no set deadline for resolving the impasse over the ratification of a border demarcation deal with Montenegro.

Despite the visit to Montenegro of Kosovo's new Foreign Minister, Behgjet Pacolli, on Tuesday, the deadlock between the two countries over their border demarcation agreement - which Kosovo MPs still have not ratified - remains unresolved.

PRISTINA - Kosovo PM Ramus Haradinaj on Thursday withdrew Kosovo's Interpol membership bid, his office has announced.

The move came after Deputy PM and FM Bedzet Pacoli said earlier in the day Pristina did not have enough votes to be admitted to Interpol.