According to other media reports, tear gas canisters were opened in the opposition benches.
Lawmakers were debating on whether to make Hashim Thaci, the current foreign minister and a former guerrilla leader, the country's next president.
The Kosovo opposition has repeatedly said it would not allow Thaci to be elected. A new president of Kosovo must be elected before March 6, otherwise, early parliamentary elections will have to be called, which commentators believe is the opposition's current goal, according to the reports.
In recent days, hundreds of opposition demonstrators have been protesting in the center of Pristina, the capital of Kosovo, demanding new elections and trying to scuttle the election of Thaci. Some protests have been staying outside the parliament building 24/7.
In 1998, an armed conflict broke out between Kosovo Albanian independence supporters and Yugoslavia, with the militias seeking independence for Kosovo and Metohija. The following year, NATO intervened in the conflict without UN approval, bombing Yugoslavia.
Since then, Belgrade has effectively lost control of Kosovo, as the Serbian government had to agree to a NATO military contingent being stationed in Kosovo, and the subsequent transition of the territory to UN administration, which is still formally in place.
In 2008, the Albanian government of Kosovo unilaterally declared independence from Serbia. Belgrade, did not recognize Kosovo's statehood, and believes Kosovo is still a part of Serbia.
