Kosovo Foreign Minister Hashim Thaci walk with flowers after being elected as the country's new president in a tense session as opposition activists released tear gas in the chamber and threw petrol bombs outside the parliament building in Pristina, Kosovo February 26, 2016. REUTERS/Agron Beqiri
PRISTINA (Reuters) - Protesters hurled stones at the Kosovo parliament as new President Hashim Thaci was being sworn in on Thursday and opposition parties boycotted the ceremony, underlining the political crisis besetting the country.
Kosovo’s biggest opposition party Vetevendosje said its supporters were responsible for the stone-throwing, which broke windows. Police said they arrested two people.
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