After the former head of the OSCE mission in Kosovo said he is working on a project to unite Albanians, Serbian leader Aleksandar Vucic accused him of lobbying for a ‘Greater Albania’.
http://www.balkaninsight.com/en/article/serbia-pm-reignites-greater-albania-row-05-09-2017
Despite mounting international pressure on Kosovo to ratify the controversial border agreement with Montenegro, the government has yet to set a date for a vote in parliament.
http://www.balkaninsight.com/en/article/kosovo-under-international-pressure-on-demarcation-agreement-05-04-2017#sthash.hPnO8868.dpuf
Celebrating crowds in central Pristina greeted former Kosovo Prime Minister and ex-guerrilla Ramush Haradinaj, after a French court refused to extradite him to Serbia to face war crimes charges.
http://www.balkaninsight.com/en/article/thousands-welcome-freed-ex-pm-haradinaj-in-kosovo-04-27-2017
Serbia will issue a diplomatic protest note and temporarily recall its ambassador from Paris over a French court’s decision to not to extradite former Kosovo guerrilla and ex-Prime Minister Ramush Haradinaj to Belgrade.
Politicians from Kosovo’s ruling coalition predicted that the ruling alliance of parties could split soon and that there could be snap elections in the country.
http://www.balkaninsight.com/en/article/kosovo-ruling-officials-hint-possible-snap-polls-04-25-2017
Vetevendosje is resisting pressure from its political allies to endorse AAK leader Ramush Haradinaj as the joint opposition candidate for the post of Prime Minister in the elections.
An ex-soldier accused of involvement in the killing of Kosovo Albanians in 1999 while he was serving with the Yugoslav Army will start next month - the first war crimes trial in Montenegro in years.
http://www.balkaninsight.com/en/article/montenegro-to-trial-kosovo-war-murder-suspect-04-20-2017
A Kosovo NGO said it will file a criminal complaint against MP Daut Haradinaj for threatening that Serbs could be expelled from Kosovo if his brother, ex-PM Ramush Haradinaj, is extradited to Belgrade.
http://www.balkaninsight.com/en/article/kosovo-mp-haradinaj-faces-ethnic-hatred-lawsuit-04-20-2017
Kosovo’s Special Prosecution charged a former police reservist with committing war crimes against civilians in Vushtrri/Vucitrn and Mitrovica, including “brutal” killings, intimidation and theft.
http://www.balkaninsight.com/en/article/kosovo-indicts-ex-policeman-for-1999-war-crimes-04-20-2017
As Kosovo President Hashim Thaci again urges parliament to ratify the controversial agreement on border demarcation with Montenegro, the issue may well decide the fate of the ruling coalition under Isa Mustafa.