Haki Rugova

Haki Rugova, mayor of the western Kosovo municipality of Istog/Istok, was sentenced to one year's imprisonment by the Basic Court of Peje/Pec on Monday.

Kosovo's two main parties, Albin Kurti's Vetevendosje and Isa Mustafa's Democratic League of Kosovo, LDK, are close to an agreement on forming a new government, three months after elections were held, Vetevendosje said Wednesday.

LDK leader and prime minister of Kosovo Isa Mustafa announced that  Avdullah Hoti would stand as the party's candidate to head up the  future government following a meeting with the LDK presidency on Tuesday.

"Their proposal, as well as mine, is for Avdullah Hoti to be the candidate for Prime Minister of the Republic of Kosovo" Mustafa said.