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Left-wing party wins Kosovo poll, needs ally to form cabinet
Read full article: Left-wing party wins Kosovo poll, needs ally to form cabinetElection commission employees count casted ballots after the polls closed in parliamentary elections in capital Pristina, Kosovo on Sunday, Feb. 14, 2021. Lawmakers have until May to elect a president, or the country could be forced to hold another parliamentary election. The Alliance for the Future of Kosovo party of Ramush Haradinaj, who is hoping to become the next president, won 8 seats. Most Western nations have recognized Kosovo, but Serbia and its allies Russia and China do not. If no candidate is elected after three rounds of voting, the country could be forced to hold another early parliamentary election.
EU police arrest Kosovo war veterans' leader, raid offices
Read full article: EU police arrest Kosovo war veterans' leader, raid officesHysni Gucati, the head of the War Veterans Organization of the Kosovo Liberation Army is escorted by European Union security police officers, from the offices of a war veterans association in Kosovo, in Pristina, Friday, Sept. 25, 2020. Witnesses say European Union security police have stormed the offices of a war veterans association in Kosovo. Hysni Gucati was arrested following an arrest warrant and transfer order by a pre-trial judge, according to a statement from the Specialist Prosecutor’s Office at the Hague-based Kosovo Specialist Chambers. Earlier this week, the war veterans group said that for the third time in two months an unknown person had provided war crime files from The Hague investigation. He resigned as prime minister last year when the Kosovo Specialist Chambers called him in for questioning.