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Justina Shiroka-Pula was inaugurated as Kosovo’s president after parliament elected her by a majority vote on Tuesday evening.
In a last minute save, Kosovo MPs avoided another snap parliamentary election by voting for a former minister from Democratic Party of Kosovo, PDK, for President.
New election likely as political parties fail to agree on electing a president and protesters keep up pressure for adoption of law curbing powers of Kosovo Specialist Chambers, following its conviction of wartime guerrilla leaders.
While protests demanding changes in the law regulating Kosovo’s Hague-based war crimes court continue in Prishtina, Kosovo is on the verge of another unprecedented political crisis as the deadline to elect Kosovo’s President ends after midnight on October 6.
Kosovo's prime minister presses opposition to agree on a new head of state before October 6 deadline triggers fresh parliamentary polls.