Government MPs hope Kosovo's parliament can resume normal activity following months of stunts in and outside the chamber - but the opposition says it is not changing its tactics.

http://www.balkaninsight.com/en/article/kosovo-parliament-braces-for-the-first-session-of-2016-02-18-2016#sthash.qgBvF8yH.dpuf

At their biggest anti-government rally yet, Kosovo's opposition parties told Isa Mustafa's administration to resign before February 27 or face “unstoppable” protests.

http://www.balkaninsight.com/en/article/major-kosovo-opposition-protest-ends-peacefully-02-17-2016#sthash.ZvEbg5zi.dpuf

Opposition parties have announced a major protest for Wednesday as state institutions plan a series of celebratory events marking eight years of Kosovo's independence.

The Vetevendosje [Self-Determination] Movement, the Alliance for the Future of Kosovo, AAK, and Nisma have called on people to gather in Pristina’s main square on Wednesday to demand the resignation of Isa Mustafa's government.

Kosovo has charged Irfan Salihu, a hardline imam from Prizren, with ‘inciting ethnic hatred’ for defending the Ottoman conquest of Kosovo.

http://www.balkaninsight.com/en/article/kosovo-chauvinist-imam-faces-nationalist-indictment-02-16-2016#sthash.My0m76mR.dpuf

The Basic Court in Peja/Pec has issued arrest warrants for 14 unnamed Serbs suspected of committing war crimes during the conflict in Kosovo in 1999.

http://www.balkaninsight.com/en/article/kosovo-serbs-wanted-by-special-prosecution-for-war-crimes-02-15-2016

Opposition parties plan another push for the government to resign on the day marking the eighth anniversary of the country's independence. 

http://www.balkaninsight.com/en/article/kosovo-stalemate-goes-on-amid-grim-preparations-for-independence-anniversary-02-12-2016

The Kosovo President plans to start individual meetings with party leaders to find a solution to the country's deadlock after Monday’s inter-party meeting ended wthout result. 

http://www.balkaninsight.com/en/article/president-to-try-to-end-kosovo-political-deadlock-through-individual-meetings-02-10-2016

Ambassador Greg Delawie has delivered a stark warning about Kosovo's future, following the failure of the latest high-level attempt to resolve the ongoing political crisis.

http://www.balkaninsight.com/en/article/us-ambassador-kosovo-on-the-brink-02-09-2016

A meeting between Kosovo's ruling majority and its opponents was boycotted by most of the opposition and failed to make progress towards ending the political stalemate in the country.

 http://www.balkaninsight.com/en/article/kosovo-president-meeting-sees-no-solution-to-the-crisis-02-08-2016

The European Parliament backed a resolution on Kosovo by 403 votes for to 130 against and 104 abstentions, on Thursday.

The resolution expresses concern over corruption and organised crime and calls for action on drafting a long-promised statute of an Association of Serbian Municipalities.

At the same time, it welcomes progress achieved in the EU-led dialogue with Serbia in 2015, and calls on all sides to implement already reached agreements in good faith.