Kadri Veseli

The opposition Vetevendosje party hailed its victory in Sunday's parliamentary election in Kosovo after more than 80 per cent of the voters were counted, ousting the once dominant Democratic Party of Kosovo, PDK, which came in third place after the Democratic League of Kosovo, LDK.

Kosovo's outgoing Prime Minister had resigned on July 19, 2019, after he was summoned by Special Prosecution from the Hague, as a suspect for the crimes committed by KLA on Kosovo, in the period from 1999 to 2000.

He had invited the leaders of the political parties of the ruling PAN Coalition to consultations on Tuesday.
When asked what will be the topics to discuss, he ironically responded that they will discuss "global warming", Pristina based gazette Express reported.

Publicist and the owner of the Koha Group, Flaka Surroi, in the comprehensive current affairs analysis, writes, referring to several international sources, that Special Court for War Crimes has to summon Kosovo President Hashim Thaci and the incumbent Chairman of the Kosovo Assembly, Kadri Veseli.

Menendez considers that it is important for Kosovo to be prepared for that phase, in order to be able to reach final agreement.

The commemoration of the 20th anniversary of the massacre. Photo: Kosovo Assembly.

A memorial ceremony was held on Wednesday at Dubrava prison to mark the 20th anniversary of the mass killings between May 19 and 24, 1999, during the war in Kosovo.

Kosovo is planning to call on the international community to establish a special international tribunal that would judge crimes committed by Serbs during the war in Kosovo - but experts told BIRN that it is almost impossible that such a proposal will be successful.

And it would deal with "the crimes committed by Serbia" in Kosovo and Metohija.

The foreign minister and first deputy PM said that Pristina's announcements onfthe initiative to form such a tribunal is viewed in light of the attempts to find a balance with the work of a specialist court dealing with the KLA ("Kosovo Liberation Army") .

Kadri Veseli at the commemoration. Photo: Kadri Veseli/Facebook.

Hundreds of relatives of victims gathered on Wednesday at a memorial to the 54 ethnic Albanian civilians killed by Serbian forces in the village of Poklek, 25 kilometres west of Pristina, to mark the 20th anniversary of the massacre.