Kosovo Prime Minister Hashim Thaci, re-elected for a second mandate

Many in Kosovo blame Thaci and his cabinet for widespread corruption. In April a delegation from the European Union on a mission to help Kosovo install an independent legal system raided the transport ministry, which was headed by a close Thaci ally.

But the biggest blow came just days after the December vote when Thaci and a number of his officials were linked to organised crime and organ trafficking in a report by the Council of Europe.

Thaci has strongly denied the claims, which date back to the 1998-1999 war in Kosovo, when he was among the KLA leaders who fought Serbian security forces.

The report said the KLA had special detention camps where Serbs and others accused of collaborating with Belgrade were held. Some of the prisoners, mainly Serbs, were allegedly killed and their organs harvested to sell on the black market.

Pacolli Approved as President of Kosovo

Pacolli, the leader of the New Kosovo Alliance, AKR, was voted in with 62 votes in favour and four against, while one ballot was declared invalid.

In the first two rounds of voting in the parliament, Pacolli was not able to get the required two-thirds majority of votes in the 120-seat parliament. The third round required only a simple majority.