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Opposition MPs Use Tear Gas to Disrupt Kosovo Parliament Session
Opposition lawmakers in Kosovo disrupted a parliament session on Tuesday by using teargas and pepper spray to press their demand that the government renounced a deal regulating relations with Serbia, newswires reported.
Outside of parliament building in Pristina police clashed with protesters who threw rocks, bottles and petrol bombs.
Pristina: Opposition plans protest rally for Nov. 28
Opposition parties in the Kosovo assembly have confirmed they plan to hold a protest rally on November 28 in Pristina.
They will be protesting against the agreement on the Community of Serb Municipalities (ZSO) - signed earlier this year as part of the Brussels agreement reached during the EU-sponsored Belgrade-Pristina dialogue.
Serbs "could leave" govt. over failure to implement deal
Ahead of a final decision of the Constitutional Court in Pristina, Belgrade is saying it has no intention of giving up on what was signed in Brussels.
Representatives of Serbs in Kosovo are announcing they could leave the government if the Community of Serbian Municipalities (ZSO) is not formed.
UNESCO membership won't be discussed in Brussels - PM
Aleksandar Vucic has told Sputnik that the issue of Pristina's UNESCO membership will not be brought up during the Kosovo talks in Brussels.
The Serbian prime minister stressed that the Serbian delegation previously offered to discuss this issue there, but that this was "rejected, because Pristina's representatives were convinced they'd join UNESCO."
Belgrade "won't sit idle" awaiting Pristina's decision
Belgrade "does not accept Pristina's game," Serbian Government's Office for Kosovo and Metohija Director Marko Djuric has said.
Pristina: If unconstitutional, agreement should be changed
Edita Tahiri, a Kosovo government minister in charge of the dialogue with Belgrade, has ruled out the possibility of ending that dialogue.
According to Pristina's Albanian language daily Epoka e Re, she stressed the EU-sponsored negotiations "should continue."
EP official: Agreement should be changed if necessary
The decision to suspend the agreement on the ZSO "is not a hostile act against Serbia," Vice-President of the European Parliament Ulrike Lunacek believes.
EU "has no comment" after Pristina suspends agreement
The European Commission "does not comment on ongoing judicial procedures," the Beta agency has quoted a spokesperson as saying on Wednesday.
This was EC's reaction to the decision of the Constitutional Court in Pristina on Tuesday to suspend the part of the Brussels agreement concerning the formation of the Community of Serbian Municipalities (ZSO) in Kosovo.
NO COMMENT Vucic won't talk about lamentations from Kosovo
NO COMMENT Vucic won't talk about lamentations from Kosovo
Aleksandar Vucic says he is "personally sorry" about the reactions coming from some European officials and states in the wake of UNESCO's decision on Kosovo.
The prime minister spoke on Tuesday, a day after Pristina's bid to join the UN agency failed.
President sees "more reason for optimism" in Kosovo talks
After UNESCO's decision not to accept Kosovo as a member, "Belgrade can go to the negotiations with Pristina with a lot more optimism."
This is what President Tomislav Nikolic told reporters at the Serbian Presidency on Tuesday.