US EditionKosovo lawmakers break 8-month deadlock with election of an ethnic Serb to the leadership team
Nenad Rasic won deputy speaker with 71 votes, ending an eight-month deadlock and enabling government formation amid urgent economic and EU-facilitated Serbia talks.
- Kosovo's Parliament on Friday elected its full leadership, ending an eight-month stalemate that included a representative from the ethnic Serb minority.
- Earlier this year, inconclusive elections on Feb. 9 triggered the eight-month impasse, and the Constitutional Court urged lawmakers to resolve the stalemate within 12 days.
- Nenad Rasic of For Freedom, Justice and Survival won the deputy speaker post with 71 votes, while all nine Srpska Lista lawmakers voted against and 24 from two smaller right-wing ethnic Albanian parties abstained.
- Acting Prime Minister Albin Kurti will be given a mandate to form a Cabinet within 15 days, subject to parliamentary approval, to address economic challenges and restart EU-facilitated talks with Serbia.
- Kosovo also faces municipal elections on Oct. 12, while Serbia, Russia and China do not recognize Kosovo after around 11,400 died in the 1998-1999 war.
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After Months of Deadlock, Kosovo Finally Forms a Parliament
On Friday, October 10, Kosovo formed its new parliament after months of political deadlock, but the country’s interim leader faces another uphill battle as he struggles to secure support from a bitterly divided political class. Lawmakers in the tiny Balkan nation selected a deputy speaker, taking another step toward forming a new government after indecisive elections in February. Parliamentary Speaker Dimal Basha declared in the capital of Prist…
With the election of a deputy speaker of the Kosovo parliament from the Serbian minority, the new parliament has concluded its inaugural session eight months after parliamentary elections. Kosovo President Vjosa Osmani will now be able to appoint a prime minister-designate to form a new government.
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Kosovo lawmakers break 8-month deadlock with election of an ethnic Serb to the leadership team
Kosovo’s Parliament has ended an eight-month political deadlock by electing its full leadership, including a representative from the ethnic Serb minority.
Kosovo's parliament on Wednesday filled key positions in the chamber after eight months, paving the way for the process of forming a new government. Most of the parliament's leadership was elected in August, but the selection of a representative of the Serb minority, who must be one of the vice-speakers under Kosovo's constitution, was pending, the AP agency reports. Nenad Rašić of the For Freedom, Justice and Survival party was elected as the r…
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