After Kosovo’s political leaders put aside party quarrels to choose a new head of state at the last minute, experts predict a possible end to almost two years of non-stop political crisis.
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Justina Shiroka Pula was inaugurated as Kosovo’s President on Wednesday after two days of unrest, three weeks of peaceful protests, and almost two years of political crisis.
The day before, Pristina woke up to the lingering smell of tear gas, which the Kosovo police had used to disperse a protest that turned violent on Monday night.
The protesters were demanding legal changes to curb the jurisdiction of the Hague-based Kosovo Specialist Chambers, after it convicted four former Kosovo Liberation Army, KLA, leaders of war crimes.
On Tuesday, Kosovo also braced for the announcement of a new snap parliamentary election, as October 6 was the deadline for MPs to elect a new head of state. If the deadline expired, new polls would have been obligatory under the constitution.
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