In a decision that is bound to inflame tensions further, Macedonia's President has refused to award a mandate to form a government to the opposition leader Zoran Zaev, claiming he might use it to destroy the country.
A French court decided for a second time to postpone its ruling on whether to send former Kosovo Prime Minister Ramush Haradinaj to Serbia to face trial on war crimes charges.
The EU's foreign policy chief, Federica Mogherini, is visiting the Western Balkans at a time when ethnic and politician tensions are undermining the European integration process.
A court in Pristina decided to release from prison alleged Balkan drug boss Naser Kemendi, who is on trial on murder and narcotics charges, and place him under house arrest.
http://www.balkaninsight.com/en/article/house-arrest-for-alleged-balkan-drug-boss-02-28-2017
Following its failure to get enough votes from members of the UN cultural body in order to join in 2015, the Kosovo government is making preparations for a possible second bid this year.
http://www.balkaninsight.com/en/article/kosovo-mulls-second-unesco-bid-02-23-2017
Belgrade’s Humanitarian Law Centre released a documentary accusing the head of the Serbian Army, Ljubisa Dikovic, of involvement in war crimes in Kosovo and cover-up operations to hide the bodies.
Kosovo Prime Minister Isa Mustafa told BIRN that his government has already survived street protests and tear gas attacks, and will ignore the opposition’s continued calls for early elections.
The Pristina authorities are seeking the arrest of dozens of unnamed Serbian citizens for committing war crimes during the 1990s conflict, although the warrants cannot be executed outside Kosovo’s borders.
http://www.balkaninsight.com/en/article/warrants-follow-the-arrest-of-former-kosovo-pm-02-15-2017