US EditionKosovo president sets December 28 as date for snap vote
The December 28 election follows a budget deadlock that froze over €1 billion in international funding, as Kosovo's ruling party failed to form a government after February's vote.
- On Thursday, President Vjosa Osmani set December 28 as the date for an early parliamentary election and dissolved parliament to clear the way for the snap vote.
- After a February deadlock, this will be the second election within a year as opposition parties refuse to govern with Prime Minister Albin Kurti, who rose in 2021 with Vetevendosje's seven-seat majority.
- Budget and loan approvals were left unresolved as President Vjosa Osmani tried to persuade parties to reconvene to vote on next year's budget, European Union deals and World Bank loans; she said `We are talking about more than a billion euros that will now stay frozen,`.
- Calling for restraint, President Vjosa Osmani said Kosovo citizens urgently need stable institutions and urged political parties to conduct their campaigns with the highest political standards.
- Historically, Kosovo's 2008 independence means its stability remains crucial given the United States backing after the 1999 NATO bombing campaign.
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Kosovo president sets December 28 as date for snap vote
Kosovo's president, Vjosa Osmani, set December 28 as the date for an early parliamentary election on Thursday, after the ruling Vetevendosje party of Prime Minister Albin Kurti failed to secure enough votes in parliament to form a government.
The candidate of the ruling Vetevendosje party received only 56 out of 120 votes on Wednesday
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