Kosovo Parliament Speaker, Dimal Basha, declared parliament inaugurated after the election of a Serb deputy speaker, despite objections by the biggest Serbian party.
Slavko Simic of the Belgrade-backed Srpska Lista party pleaded not guilty to involvement in violent attacks with stun grenades and bricks on journalists covering protests by Serbs in north Kosovo in 2023.
Court again bans MPs from forming institutions deriving from the February elections while it considers a complaint about the failure to elect a deputy speaker from the Serb community, as guaranteed in the constitution.
Kosovo Serb party says construction of new river bridges in the ethnically divided town of Mitrovica is a political stunt aimed at putting 'fresh pressure' on the Serb community.
Kosovo Prime Minister Albin Kurti accused Serbia of interfering in the February 9 parliamentary elections in Kosovo, alleging that Serbia influenced the election of MPs from the Serb and other non-majority ethnic communities.
