Kosovo Serb party

Former Kosovo MP Rada Trajkovic claimed on Thursday that Serb "mafia" groups have been openly participating in northern Kosovo politics since 2013, and warned that they control "life and death" in the mostly Serb-populated area.

Vladimir Putin's United Russia party supports the decision of the Kosovo Serb party, Srpska lista, to enter the Kosovo Government, Belgrade announced on Thursday.

Kosovo's parliament finally elected Kadri Veseli as its new speaker on Thursday, one day after leaders of the new PAN government coalition - Veseli of the PDK, Ramush Haradinaj of the AAK, Fatmir Limaj of NISMA and Behgjet Pacolli of the AKR - reached an agreement with the main Kosovo Serb party, Lista Srpska.

Kosovo Serb politicians on Thursday agreed to return to the country's parliament and government after receiving assurances in discussions that their coalition agreement will be respected.

Prime Minister Mustafa on Friday named Dalibor Jevtic from the Srpska List as the replacement for Aleksandar Jablanovic, the Minister for Returns and Communities who was removed two months ago.

Serbian parliamentarians in Kosovo who have been boycotting the country's institutions for more than two months on Monday signalled that they may call it off if a deal signed with Kosovo's ruling parties is honoured in full.