Kosovan presidential election

Kosovo Prime Minister Avdullah Hoti has repeatedly stated that consultations will be held with the country's political parties to discuss choosing the next president after Hashim Thaci's resignation, but his office told BIRN that the government has not yet set a date for talks.

Hashim Thaci was on Thursday sworn in as president of Kosovo, starting his five-year mandate.

The ceremony took place in the Kosovo Assembly, while the 50-minute inauguration, expected to be attended by 1,200 guests from 50 countries, will be held in downtown Pristina on Friday starting at 11:00 CET, the Kossev website said.

The logjam on Kosovo over the election of a speaker has continued after Arsim Bajrami, from the Democratic Party of Kosovo, PDK, got only 44 votes in favour of his election, after which the session was adjourned.

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Court gives Thaci's party right to propose assembly speaker

PRIŠTINA -- There will be no snap parliamentary elections in Kosovo, the Constitutional Court of Kosovo has decided, Tanjug is reporting.

Kosovo may have to hold fresh elections – three months after the last ones - after Constitutional Court on Friday suspended the election of an opposition speaker.

The court said Isa Mustafa’s 17 July nomination was “unconstitutional because it was not the largest parliamentary group that nominated the speaker,” the court said.

Kosovo’s Constitutional Court is due to hold a hearing session on Thursday when the two major political blocs will present additional arguments on which one has the right to nominate a candidate for the post of speaker of the Assembly.

Deadlocked parliament brings early elections in Kosovo

Opinions are divided whether the early elections will result in a new parliament able to address pressing issues.

Kosovo is preparing for early parliamentary elections on June 8th. [Safet Kabashaj/SETimes]

PRISTINA - Kosovo President Atifete Jahjaga stated on Thursday that the early parliamentary elections in Kosovo-Metohija will be held on June 8.

Jahjaga issued the announcement at a news briefing after consultations with officials of the parliamentary political parties.

Kosovo's opposition AAK party says it plans to submit a no-confidence motion to parliament on the government of Hashim Thaci “as soon as possible”.

Ardian Gjini, from the AAK, said the motion will be put forward once the party ensures it will be signed by 61 of the 120 lawmakers - the number needed to dissolve the government.