Isa Mustafa's government

The European Union is set to deploy an Election Observation Mission—EOM to Kosovo to observe the 2017 general elections in response to an invitation to country's president, Hashim Thaci, Gazeta Express reported.

Kosovo's government loses confidence vote today, setting up the possibility of an early election, Gazeta Express reports.

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.

Opposition parties have announced a major protest for Wednesday as state institutions plan a series of celebratory events marking eight years of Kosovo's independence.

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.

Serbia and Kosovo's prime ministers Aleksandar Vucic and Isa Mustafa are to meet for the first time on Monday with EU foreign policy chief Frederica Mogherini as Brussels seeks to revive the process of normalising relations after the formation of new governments in both Belgrade and Pristina.