Albin Kurti

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.

The Kosovo police have arrested the president of the Court of Appeals, Sali Mekaj, the media in Pristina reported on Tuesday.

The media said that Mekaj was "caught red handed" in the town of Pec as he was negotiating the release of a person arrested for drug possession.

Defence lawyers at the trial of a Kosovo Liberation Army cell accused of assaulting prisoners during the 1998-99 war said they believed the judges would not convict their clients.

PRISTINA - Anti-government protesters clashed with police in Pristina on Tuesday and were dispersed with tear gas and water cannons.

Protesters in Pristina rally over Trepca, Serb minister

PRISTINA -- Protesters in Pristina have demanded the removal of Aleksandar Jablanovic from the Kosovo government, and a law that would turn Trepca into a public enterprise.

The rally was organized by opposition parties and civic organizations and held on Saturday.

PRISTINA - Participants in a demonstration organized by Kosovo's opposition parties and civic organizations in Pristina Saturday urged Kosovo Prime Minister Isa Mustafa to have Aleksandar Jablanovic removed from his ministerial position and to ensure enactment of a law converting Trepca Mines into a public enterprise that would be controlled by Pristina.

Stone-throwing protesters attacked the government building on Saturday and a fire broke out on central Mother Theresa Square amid clashes with police who fired tear gas as anger flared at one of the largest protests in Kosovo since it declared independence in 2008.

Kosovo set to get government, Thaci to be president in 2016

PRIŠTINA -- Six months after elections followed by a political deadlock "Kosovo will very soon get a new government," the local media in Priština are reporting on Thursday.

Reports: Haradinaj to be new Kosovo PM

PRIŠTINA -- According to media reports, the new prime minister of Kosovo will be Ramush Haradinaj, leader of the Alliance for the Future of Kosovo.

This came after opposition parties managed to reach an agreement in the wake of Sunday's early elections for the assembly in Priština.