Shpend Maxhuni

Shpend Maxhuni, the controversial former head of Kosovo's Intelligence Agency, KIA, is to return to police work, police told BIRN, less than a month after he resigned from the KIA with outgoing Prime Minister Ramush Haradinaj citing "personal and health reasons".

Outgoing Kosovo Prime Minister Ramush Haradinaj has rejected criticism for awarding the retiring head of the Kosovo intelligence agency, KIA, Shpend Maxhuni, with the prestigious Skanderbeg medal for "professionalism and loyalty shown in the service to the nation".

And Thaci ordered the head of the Serbian Government's Office for Kosovo and Metohija dragged through the streets, in order to humiliate him, Albanian language website gazetaexpress.com writes on Tuesday, citing "domestic and international sources."

The Security Council of the unrecognized Republic of Kosovo said it may turn to the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) for help in investigating the murder of a Kosovo Serb leader Oliver Ivanovic, Kosovo's RTK TV reported on Tuesday.