PM Albin Kurti’s Self-Determination party may struggle to win majority after rival parties refused alliance
Voters in Kosovo are casting ballots in an early parliamentary election in the hope of breaking a political deadlock that has gripped the small Balkan nation for much of this year.
The snap vote was scheduled after the prime minister Albin Kurti’s governing Vetëvendosje, or Self-Determination, party failed to form a government despite winning the most votes in a 9 February election.
The deadlock was the first time Kosovo was unable to form a government since it declared independence from Serbia in 2008 after the 1998-99 war that ended in a Nato bombing campaign.
The prime minister’s party is again the favourite in the race, but it is unclear whether it will manage to muster a majority this time in the 120-member parliament, after other mainstream parties refused an alliance.
