On 18 November protesters in Kosovo clashed with police in Pristina for the second time in two days over the arrest of nationalist Alliance for the Future of Kosovo (AAK) MP Donika Kadaj Bujupi, who was accused of using tear gas and pepper spray in parliament a day earlier. The AAK and two other opposition parties, Initiative for Kosovo (NISMA) and the Vetevendosje movement (self-determination), have been halting parliament sessions since early October, in protest over the deals reached between Belgrade and Pristina this August. Earlier this month Kosovo’s president Atifete Jahjaga requested the Constitutional Court to suspend the deal in order to calm the tensions, but opposition MPs have vowed to continue their protests.
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