Demonstrators in Kosovo fought running battles with police and set fire to the government's headquarters on Saturday as anger simmers in the young Balkan country over an accord with its former ruler, Serbia.
The seat of government in the capital, Pristina, briefly caught fire after it came under a hail of petrol bombs.
Firefighters quickly doused the flames and police used tear gas to drive back several thousand opposition demonstrators.
They were protesting against a European Union-brokered deal to give Kosovo's ethnic Serb minority greater local government powers and the possibility of financing from Belgrade.
Opposition leaders say the government should resign over the accord and call an early election.
Police said 28 people were hurt, including 24 police officers and two journalists.
Around 40 protesters were arrested and police confiscated knives and petrol bombs.
