Albin Kurti

Police entered the headquarters of Kosovo's main opposition party on Nov. 28 and arrested dozens of people, including one of its leaders who was wanted for the violent actions he has used to disrupt the country's Parliament.

Pristina saw a second outbreak of protest violence on Wednesday, after a court ruled that Donika Kadaj Bujupi, an MP from the opposition Alliance for the Future of Kosovo, AAK, will be detained for 30 days ahead of her trial.

Protesters threw stones at government offices and police in Pristina on Wednesday during a demonstration sparked by the arrest of opposition MP Donika Kadaj Bujupi, who is accused of setting off tear gas in parliament.

Riot police responded by firing tear gas after the stone-throwing protesters broke windows and damaged the façade of the government building.

Kosovo police arrested Donika Kadaj-Bujupi, an MP from the opposition Alliance for the Future of Kosovo, AAK, for letting off tear gas in parliament.

"She was arrested after she left her home," Muharrem Nitaj, an AAK spokesperson, told BIRN.

Kadaj-Bujupi was arrested on Wednesday morning for setting off tear gas inside the chamber and sent to Pristina's District Court.

Kosovo's opposition fired tear gas and pepper spray in parliament on Nov. 17 while protesters outside threw stones and paint, in the latest eruption of a long-running protest against agreements made with Serbia.

Opposition party MPs set off three tear gas canisters in the legislature on Thursday, causing the chamber to be evacuated and the parliamentary session to be halted.

The canisters were brought into parliament despite that fact that MPs were searched on Thursday morning under new security measures introduced after a similar tear-gas attack by opposition lawmakers last week.

Vetevendosje (Self-Determination Movement) activists clashed with police who fired tear gas to disperse them after they threw stones at the police station in Pristina on Monday night.

Some 15 people were injured during the clashes with police. Activists also set fire to two vehicles belonging to the prosecution.

Police in Kosovo fired tear gas on Oct. 12 on dozens of protesters who threw stones and smashed windows after a leading opposition MP was taken in for questioning.

A session of parliament in Kosovo had to close after opposition MPs hotly opposed to Kosovo's EU-brokered deals with Serbia, threw tear gas canisters in the chamber, causing at least one MP to pass out.

Self-Determination Movement founder Albin Kurti says opponents of the future Community of Serb Municipalities (ZSO) want a referendum called on this issue.

The former leader of the party told a panel held in Tirana, Albania that they had gathered 100,000 signatures in support of the initiative.