Assembly of Kosovo

The Assembly of Kosovo on Wednesday adopted a resolution proposed by the Democratic League of Kosovo, LDK, based on which it will establish a committee to investigate the highly controversial deportation of six Turkish nationals on March 29.

US Ambassador to Kosovo Greg Delawie recently slammed Kosovar politicians advocating for the abolition of the special court established to prosecute former Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) members for wartime and post-war crimes.

If the Serb List blocks the creation of an army in Kosovo through constitutional changes, Hashim Thaci will seek to do it through "the Security Force Law."

The Pristina-based Albanian language daily Koha Ditore reported this on Tuesday, according to Beta.

Self-Determination leader Albin Kurti has criticized the agreement reached by Behgjet Pacolli and the PAN coalition.

Kurti thinks that the formation of Kosovo's institutions will depend on Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic.

PRISTINA - The parliamentary group of Kosovo's ruling Democratic Party of Kosovo (DPK) has drafted a proposal on a "resolution on the genocide by Serbian authorities against ethnic Albanians during the 1998-1999 war."

The draft resolution on the alleged Serbian genocide against ethnic Albanians has been submitted to the Kosovo Assembly for adoption.

PRISTINA - The Kosovo government said Tuesday that the Mining, Metallurgical and Chemical Combine Trepca was "Kosovo's property" and that any attempt to create confusion that it was allegedly given up was malicious.

ZVECAN - Trepca workers from northern Kosovo staged protests in the municipalities of Zvecan, Zubin Potok and Leposavic on Monday against a new bill the Kosovo government had adopted regarding a change of ownership in that company to turn it into a public enterprise.

BELGRADE - The Serbian government will not accept the unilateral decision of the Kosovo government to take over the ownership of the Mining, Metallurgical and Chemical Combine Trepca, because the Republic of Serbia Development Fund owns a majority stake in the mines, Director of the Serbian government's Office for Kosovo-Metohija (KiM) Marko Djuric said Sunday.

BELGRADE - Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic said Thursday that the unilateral decision of the Kosovo government to take over the ownership of Mining, Metallurgical and Chemical Combine Trepca would deal a heavy blow to the Belgrade-Pristina dialogue.

Turkey has welcomed Kosovo's newly formed government, which came after the country's two largest parties agreed to form a coalition, a statement from Turkey's Foreign Ministry has said.