Vetëvendosje

The coalition of three parties - the Democratic Party of Kosovo, PDK, the Alliance for the Future of Kosovo, AAK, and the Initiative for Kosovo, NISMA, is being predicted to win the most votes in Sunday's elections, but not enough to establish an administration.

A draft law to recriminalise defamation, proposed earlier this year and strongly opposed by journalists and civil society groups, has divided candidates from the coalition between the Kosovo Democratic Party, PDK, the Alliance for the Future of Kosovo, AAK and the Initiative for Kosovo, NISMA, which are running together in the June 11 polls.

Kosovo's ruling parties have been accused of trying to secure much more than their fair share of media coverage in the general election.

Adnan Rrustemi, member of the Central Election Commission, CEC, from the opposition Vetevendosje party, told BIRN that his party believes the list of voters in Kosovo contains serious defects and inaccuracies, such as faulty addresses and names of dead persons.

The voting list also includes over 600,000 persons, which is more than the total number of residents with voting rights.

A grand coalition between the Democratic Party of Kosovo, PDK, led by Kadri Veseli, the Alliance for the Future of Kosovo, led by Ramush Haradinaj and Fatmir Limaj's initiative for Kosovo, NISMA, was agreed on Tuesday night - minutes before the deadline set by the Central Election Commission, CEC, to establish pre-election coalitions expired.

Kosovo President Hashim Thaci has said, after holding separate meetings with party leaders, that early elections in Kosovo will be held on June 11 or 18.

He said that most parties agreed the date should be June 11.

The Kosovo Assembly in Pristina passed a motion of no confidence in the Kosovo government, during an extraordinary session, B92's reporter said on Wednesday.

Kosovo's government has postponed sending the controversial agreement on border demarcation with Montenegro to parliament for a vote until Wednesday.

Prime Minister Isa Mustafa delayed the vote after a meeting with the speaker of parliament, Kadri Veseli, and the US ambassador Greg Delawie.

In a move initiated by the opposition Initiative for Kosovo, Nisma, Kosovo opposition parties are hoping a no-confidence motion will oust the government of Isa Mustafa after 42 MPs filed signatures in parliament on Friday.

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.