Tensions rise in Kosovo after arrest of lawmaker

Chaos returned to Pristina in Kosovo on Monday evening as protesters clashed with the police following the arrest of an opposition lawmaker.

Albin Kurti, a member of the Kosovo Assembly from the biggest opposition party, Vetevendosje, was arrested in the evening in connection with last week's events in the parliament, where tear gas was used to interrupt a plenary meeting. He was later released.

Kurti's arrest followed an incident in parliament last week in which he opened a tear gas canister that forced the evacuation of members. He opened the canister to protest a deal brokered by the European Union that would give more local powers to Kosovo's ethnic Serb minority.