Ethnic Albanian students in the Serb-ruled province of Kosovo have held a second night of protests to demand the reopening of Albanian language schools closed in 1990 after Serbia took control of Kosovo.

Ten thousand demonstrators marched through the capital, Pristina. Protests were also reported in six other cities.

The BBC's Karen Coleman reports from Sarajevo

The Independent Union for Albanian students said it plans to hold marches every day until the end of the month.

A series of large student demonstrations in the autumn was called off after police used tear gas and batons on protestors.

Pristina radio reported an armed attack on police in the town of Podujevo.

The unofficial president of Kosovo, Ibrahim Rugova, said on Wednesday that Albanians will hold their own parliamentary and presidential elections on March 22 next year.

The Serbs consider the elections illegal.
 

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