Kosovo’s parliament convenes as talks to form new govt continue

Parliament elected as its speaker VV’s Glauk Konjufca, it said in a press release.

VV has 29 MPs in the 120-seat parliament, while LDK controls 28 seats.

The future government needs to be endorsed by at least 61 MPs to take office.

Former prime minister Ramush Haradinaj stepped down in July after he was summoned to appear for questioning as suspect before the Kosovo Specialist Chambers in The Hague. The institution is investigating crimes committed during the 1990s guerrilla war waged by Kosovo's ethnic Albanians against Serbia's government forces.

Kosovo, considered to be a potential candidate for EU membership by the European Commission, unilaterally declared independence from Serbia in 2008 and has so far has been recognised by more than half of the 193 UN member states. Belgrade does not recognise Kosovo's independence.