by Shirley Cloyes DioGuardi/ Six years after “supervised independence” began in Kosovo and fifteen years after NATO airstrikes brought an end to Serbia’s genocidal war in Kosovo, December 2014 marks a disappointing turning point in Kosovo’s recent history. The six-month stalemate in Kosovo’s political process, following the general elections on June 8, and ending with the breakup of the coalition that opposed the return of Hashim Thaci as prime minister and his ruling Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK), has deepened Kosovo’s democratic deficit.

The Association of the displaced people in Montenegro has called citizens to respond in a great number to the protest against the visit of Kosovo’s Deputy Prime Minister Hashim Thaci, on 15 and 16 January. On the other hand, the Association of Montenegrins in Kosovo, has hailed this visit.

The Prime Minister of Kosovo, Isa Mustafa, justified in an interview for Bota press the decision for coalition with the Democratic Party of Kosovo, calling it “a coalition for the benefit of Kosovo and the only solution that functions within the current constitutional order which offers prosperity and stability.” Speaking about the trade unioninsts' announcements for protests,  Mustafa said that he does not see reasons for protests. “Because I do not see any results from protests.