The United Nations Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon, has condemned the violent actions of opposition parties in the Kosovo Assembly. In a 17-page report that will be presented at the United Nations Security Council session on Thursday, Ban condemns "the use of violence and intimidation by the opposition parties to impede the normal procedures of the Kosovo Assembly". The report further notes that physical attacks by opposition members against the Prime Minister and members of his cabinet are unacceptable.

Hundreds of protesters gathered today outside the Assembly building in support of the opposition MPs who were trying to block the Assembly session this morning. According to media reports, protesters threw teargas, rocks, bottles and petrol bombs at the police. Kosovo Police spokesperson, Baki Kelani, told KTV that the protesters attacked the police with Molotov cocktails. According to Kelani, six police officers were injures and needed medical help. “One of the police officers had severe head injuries.

Kosovo Prime Minister Isa Mustafa, today during the Assembly session, requested by the legal authorities to take measures against the opposition MPs for, as he said, their violent actions at the Assembly. “The opposition’s actions at the Assembly are intolerable. Those who attack, those who throw chemical stuff which endangers the health of the MPs and diplomatic representatives, will answer for their actions. I call on the legal authorities to take action. We will not allow that 30 MPs to obstruct the work of the majority,” Mustafa said.

The United States Ambassador to Kosovo, Greg Delawie, during a press statement today called on the opposition parties to stop the violence. "The opposition should understand that the representatives of the people are elected in ballot boxes and not with weapons,” Delawie said. He praised the ruling-coalition MPs “who are serving the people of Kosovo despite the teargas.” “I am proud to stand with Kosovo’s democratically-elected assembly members as they face tear gas to serve the people of Kosovo,” Delawie said.

Ruling party MPs were forced to adopt the 2016 budget while barricaded in an alternative hall, after opposition MPs again threw tear gas in the main chamber.

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Kosovo's opposition used tear gas and pepper spray inside Parliament and pelted police with rocks and pink paint outside the building Tuesday in another attempt to force the government to renounce recent deals with Serbia and Montenegro.

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Opposition representatives used pepper spray and teargas today in an effort to block the work of the Kosovo Assembly. Vetevendosje MP Albin Kurti released pepper spray in the direction of the government ministers which then led to the ruling coalition MPs vacating the hall where the session was taking place and resuming it in an alternate space. Opposition called the session in an improvised setting illegal but this did not prevent the legislators from adopting the draft law on Kosovo’s budget.

Opposition lawmakers in Kosovo fired tear gas and pepper spray in parliament on Tuesday, the latest such incident in a deepening political crisis over relations with former master Serbia.

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Kosovo Assembly will convene tomorrow with only one item on the agenda – the voting of the next year’s budget. The decision to call a session was reached today at the meeting of the Kosovo Assembly presidency. Meanwhile, opposition parties – Vetevendosje, Alliance for the Future of Kosovo (AAK) and Initiative for Kosovo (NISMA) – reaffirmed their position to block all Assembly sessions until the recall of agreement with Serbia on the establishment of the Association/Community of Serb-majority municipalities and the border demarcation agreement with Montenegro.

Kosovo Assembly President Kadri Veseli said after the meeting of the presidency that it is very important for the MPs to be able to vote tomorrow on the 2016 budget. “The budget includes economic perspective, infrastructure investment, improvement of the citizens’ lives and salaries of public sector servants,” said Veseli adding that there should be no negative images in the world coming from Kosovo. He also said that it would be “unjustifiable” if the opposition tried to block the work of the Assembly.