Except for blocking of the work of the Assembly of Kosovo, opposition parties claim that they will also obstruct work of the Parliamentary Commissions.  The five Assembly Commissions planned to adjourn today at 10:00 hours to endorse the draft laws proposed by the government, will be boycotted by the three position parties, Alliance for the Future of Kosovo (AAK), Initiative for Kosovo (NISMA) and Vetevendosje Movement.

Concerned with the recent intentions of the municipal leaders of the new municipality in Mitrovica North, to include under administration of this municipality the entire space along the northern part of River Iber/Ibar, inhabited mainly by Albanians (which is in contradiction with Ahtisaari’s Plan), dwellers of these neighborhoods and villages, Doctors’ neighborhood, Kroi i Vitakut, Sventh September, Suhadoll, Vidimriq, Gushefc and Vinarc, gathered in the afternoon at Suhadoll school to meet Mitrovica mayor, Agim Bahtiri, who listened to the concerns of approxim

Kosovo Police confirmed the arrest of a person in connection to the assassination plot against Gjakova/Djakovica Mayor Mimoza Kusari-Lila has been arrested. According to Gazeta Express, the person arrested works in one of the Gjakova/Djakovica municipality branch offices in the village of Bishtazhin and is a member of the Kosovo Albanian Demo Christian Party.

Ramush Haradinaj, leader of the Alliance for the Future of Kosovo (AAK), said during a visit to Gjakova/Djakovica that the opposition is determined to block the implementation of the agreement on the formation of the Association/Community of Serb-majority municipalities and the border demarcation agreement with Montenegro. “The government has made several unreasonable decisions, including the decision on the border demarcation with Montenegro. The Alliance is determined to block the implementation of these decisions ...

Instead of an editorial, Gazeta Express carries the speech of its editor in chief, Berat Buzhal, during a gathering of the media representatives and those of the civil society, invited by Assembly Speaker, Kadri Veseli, to discuss the blockade of the Assembly of Kosovo.

Head of the Parliamentary Commission for supervision of Kosovo’s Intelligence Agency (KIA), Haxhi Shala, said that information that Serbia is tapping Kosovo institutions and security bodies of Kosovo, is true.

Kosovo’s President, Atifete Jahjaga, met in New York with the representative of the Global Community Engagement and Resilience Fund (GCERF), Chairperson of the Board, Ms. Carol Bellamy and Mr. Khalid Koser, Executive Director of the fund, to discuss Kosovo’s involvement in the initiatives of this organization to uproot extremism and prevent radicalism.

In an editorial for Gazeta Express, former MP from the Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK) and journalist, Berat Buzhala, claims not to be speaking for all the people in Kosovo but a certain number of them do believe that the situation in Kosovo is critical. The government is indeed responsible for the current situation, observes Buzhala, but at the same time the opposition is responsible why this situation is not resolving.  “It is precisely this opposition, the egg opposition, that made this government look serious,” he writes.

The Vetevendosje Movement, Alliance for the Future of Kosovo (AAK) and Initiative for Kosovo (NISMA) have reached a principle agreement on a joint election list and have agreed to block the institutional life until Kosovo goes to early parliamentary elections. Unnamed sources told TV Dukagjini that the opposition wants elections to be held in late October or early November. The same sources said that the agreement led to the AAK and NISMA joining the Vetevendosje action of throwing eggs at Prime Minister Mustafa at the Assembly today.

Ramush Haradinaj, the leader of the Alliance for the Future of Kosovo (AAK), said the attack on Prime Minister Isa Mustafa at the assembly session today was an expected reaction from the MPs. “The throwing of eggs was both right and necessary,” Haradinaj said. He also warned that opposition MPs have more eggs left. “The Prime Minister cannot make fun of the country,” he added.