PRISTINA -- Kosovo's parliament has resumed work after its session was halted by opposition lawmakers who released tear gas in the chamber.
The speaker of parliament suspended 18 opposition lawmakers over the latest tear-gas disruption.
They were not allowed into the chamber for the resumed session.
Three opposition lawmakers also were detained by Kosovo police on February 19 after the tear gas was thrown.
Outside the parliament, several hundred opposition supporters gathered on February 19 to protest against the government and call for its resignation.
The opposition has repeatedly disrupted the legislature since September in an attempt to pressure Kosovo's government to renounce a deal with Belgrade that gives more autonomy to ethnic Serbs in Kosovo and which includes a border-demarcation agreement with Montenegro.