Vetëvendosje
Vetëvendosje enters December 28 elections in coalition with Guxo, Alternativa and Demochristian Party
The Vetëvendosje Movement will compete in Kosovo’s December 28 snap parliamentary elections as part of a coalition, joining forces with three smaller parties: Guxo, Alternativa, and the Albanian Demochristian Party....
LDK wins Prishtina, reshaping Kosovo’s local map as early elections loom
Përparim Rama, the incumbent mayor of Prishtina and candidate of the Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK), has secured a second term after winning Sunday’s mayoral runoff with 51.5% of the...
Albin Kurti’s bid for third term collapses as Kosovo Parliament votes him down
The Kosovo Assembly failed on Sunday to approve the formation of a new government led by acting Prime Minister Albin Kurti, marking the first time in the country’s parliamentary history...
Tirana protest for KLA leaders in the Hague deepens rift between Edi Rama and Albin Kurti
A nationwide protest called by veterans of the Kosovo Liberation Army (UÇK) will take place this Friday at 17:00 in Tirana, in support of former UÇK leaders currently being tried...
Kosovo’s Constitutional Court blocks Albin Kurti, rules parliament not constituted
The Constitutional Court of Kosovo ruled Tuesday that the inaugural session of parliament, opened on April 15, remains incomplete. It ordered the process concluded within 12 days, citing the absence...
US concerned about any effort to limit Serb participation in Kosovo local elections
The United States is “concerned about any effort” to restrict Serb parties from taking part in Kosovo’s 12 October local elections, the U.S. chargé d’affaires in Pristina, Anu Prattipati, told...
Germany urges implementation of Kosovo Constitutional Court decision on constitutive session
Michael Reiffenstuel, Germany’s Director for the Western Balkans at the Federal Foreign Office, has called on Kosovo’s political actors to respect and implement the Constitutional Court’s decision on the constitutive...
Kosovo deadlock deepens as Kurti rejects Constitutional Court deadline and calls for cooperation
Kosovo’s political crisis shows no sign of resolution, as Vetëvendosje leader Albin Kurti continues to resist pressure from the Constitutional Court and political opponents to help form a new legislature....
Albin Kurti refuses to drop divisive speaker candidate despite continuing parliament deadlocked
Three months after Kosovo’s national elections, caretaker Prime Minister Albin Kurti reaffirmed Saturday that his party, Vetëvendosje, will not propose a new candidate for speaker of parliament, despite lacking the...
Twelfth attempt to unblock Kosovo parliament fails, transitional government proposal rejected
Kosovo’s deepening institutional deadlock dragged into a fourth week on Tuesday, as the 12th attempt to constitute the new parliament once again failed. The session, like the eleven before it,...