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In October 2004, Kosovo held elections for the second 3-year term of the Kosovo Assembly. For the first time, Kosovo's own Central Election Commission administered these elections, under Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) guidance. The main ethnic Albanian political parties were the same as in the 2001 elections, but with the addition of the new party ORA, led by Veton Surroi, and two new Kosovo Serb parties: the Serbian List for Kosovo and Metohija (SLKM) led by Oliver Ivanovic, and the Citizens Initiative of Serbia led by Slavisa Petkovic.. In contrast to the previous Kosovo Government, this election produced a "narrow" coalition of two parties, the LDK and AAK. The December 3, 2004 inaugural session of the Kosovo Assembly re-elected Ibrahim Rugova as President and Ramush Haradinaj as Prime Minister.
In October 2004, Kosovo held elections for the second 3-year term of the Kosovo Assembly. For the first time, Kosovo's own Central Election Commission administered these elections, under Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) guidance. The main ethnic Albanian political parties were the same as in the 2001 elections, but with the addition of the new party ORA, led by Veton Surroi, and two new Kosovo Serb parties: the Serbian List for Kosovo and Metohija (SLKM) led by Oliver Ivanovic, and the Citizens Initiative of Serbia led by Slavisa Petkovic.. In contrast to the previous Kosovo Government, this election produced a "narrow" coalition of two parties, the LDK and AAK. The December 3, 2004 inaugural session of the Kosovo Assembly re-elected Ibrahim Rugova as President and Ramush Haradinaj as Prime Minister.
In March 2005, Haradinaj resigned as Prime Minister after he was indicted for war crimes by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY); Haradinaj voluntarily surrendered to authorities and traveled to The Hague to face charges. (Haradinaj was acquitted of all charges on April 3, 2008.) The Kosovo Assembly subsequently elected Bajram Kosumi (AAK) as Prime Minister; Kosumi's resignation in March 2006 led to his replacement with Agim Ceku. After President Rugova's death in January 2006, he was replaced by Fatmir Sejdiu.
In March 2005, Haradinaj resigned as Prime Minister after he was indicted for war crimes by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY); Haradinaj voluntarily surrendered to authorities and traveled to The Hague to face charges. (Haradinaj was acquitted of all charges on April 3, 2008.) The Kosovo Assembly subsequently elected Bajram Kosumi (AAK) as Prime Minister; Kosumi's resignation in March 2006 led to his replacement with Agim Ceku. After President Rugova's death in January 2006, he was replaced by Fatmir Sejdiu.
=====2004 pogrom=====
On March 17 and 18, 2004 in Kosovo and Metohija eight Serbs were killed on their doorstep, about 4,000 people were permanently displaced, 900 houses and apartments destroyed, 35 churches and monasteries of the Serbian Orthodox Church were damaged and destroyed, including 19 cultural monuments of the first order.
In the rampage and terror that took place in Kosovo and Metohija on March 17 and 18, a total of 954 people were injured, 170 Serbs suffered serious injuries at the time. 61 KFOR members and 65 international police officers were also injured during the events. Ethnically, six towns and nine villages were completely cleansed. After March 17, Serbs are no more in Pristina, there are no Serbs in Ferizaj, Gjilan, Gjakova.
It all started with an accusation, a claim that has never been proven, that the Serbs were guilty of drowning three Albanian boys in the Ibar River, which took place on March 16 in the afternoon. And an international investigation launched by UNMIK could not prove that, as Albanian media reported at the time, Serb bandits with dogs chased Albanian boys and forced them into the cold river. An avalanche of lies was launched, a manipulated crowd took to the streets and on March 17 Kosovo was "set on fire."
According to estimates by international organizations, between 50,000 and 70,000 Albanians were on the streets of Kosovska Mitrovica, Caglavica, Prizren, Kosovo Polje, Ferizaj, Peja, Gjilan, Pristina on that day... The riots continued on March 18, when Obilic, the village of Svinjare, the Monastery of Devič.
====Kosovo's Status Process====
====Kosovo's Status Process====