Kosovo’s government said arrests of former KLA members on Serbian warrants must end and the issue should be resolved as part of ongoing EU-sponsored talks between Pristina and Belgrade.

http://www.balkaninsight.com/en/article/kosovo-to-put-serbia-s-kla-arrest-warrants-in-brussels-dialogue-03-15-2016

MPs from Kosovo's three opposition parties, Vetevendosje [Self-Determination], The Alliance for the Future of Kosovo, AAK, and Nisma [Initiative for Kosovo] boycotted Tuesday’s assembly session, allowing for the first session in months to be held in normal conditions, without being interrupted by tear gas. 

Opposition politicians in Kosovo have reiterated their demand for early elections as the only solution to the political crisis - while government MPs insist the answer is further dialogue.

http://www.balkaninsight.com/en/article/kosovo-opposition-demands-elections-govt-calls-for-dialogue-03-11-2016

To mark International Women’s Day, the Kosovo authorities paid homage to female war victims and screened a documentary in parliament about sexual violence during the 1999 conflict.

http://www.balkaninsight.com/en/article/kosovo-honoured-victims-of-war-on-women-s-day-03-08-2016

A political alliance of displaced Serbs from Kosovo will compete in the April 24 polls as part of PM Aleksandar Vucic’s electoral list, hoping to secure more support from the authorities.

http://www.balkaninsight.com/en/article/serbs-from-kosovo-place-hopes-in-snap-elections-03-04-2016

Opposition Vetevendosje (Self-Determination Movement) party activists overturned the truck in protest at Belgrade’s refusal to distribute Kosovo schoolbooks that Pristina donated to ethnic Albanian pupils in Serbia.

http://www.balkaninsight.com/en/article/serbia-s-truck-rolled-over-as-response-to-refused-school-books-03-03-2016

Legal experts argued that an agreement signed by President Atifete Jahjaga with the Netherlands to host a new court to try Kosovo Liberation Army members should have been approved by parliament.

http://www.balkaninsight.com/en/article/special-court-agreement-by-president-is-unconstitutional-legal-experts-warn-03-01-2016

Kosovo’s President Atifete Jahjaga has signed an agreement with the Netherlands allowing a new court to start trials of former Kosovo Liberation Army members for alleged crimes committed from 1999-2000.

http://www.balkaninsight.com/en/article/kosovo-president-gives-green-light-for-the-start-of-the-special-court-02-29-2016

Opposition MPs in Kosovo again let off tear gas in parliament on Wednesday during a meeting of the Steering Committee, which met to decide the date to elect a new president.

The speaker, Kadri Veseli announced that the vote would take place on Friday, with Foreign Minister Hashim Thaci as the main candidate for the post.

Thaci's opponent for the presidency will be Rafet Rama, from Thaci's own Democratic Party of Kosovo, PDK.

Most Kosovo women have been sexually harassed at least once in their lives, according to a new survey published on Monday by the Kosova Women Network, KWN.

Published data suggest that 64.1 per cent of women have been harassed compared with 32.5 per cent of men.

A similar survey in 2014 presented a similar situation, with 63.5 per cent of women reporting sexual harassment, and 24.3 per cent of interviewed men.