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Kosovo President May Seek Court Advice Over Political Stalemate
After Albin Kurti, leader of the winning Vetevendosje party, in the October 2019 snap elections again refused to name a possible prime minister, President Hashim Thaci has written back that he might ask the Constitutional Court of Kosovo to clarify the constitutional and legal position.
Kosovo Parties ‘Closer’ to Agreeing Coalition Terms
Kosovo's two main parties, Albin Kurti's Vetevendosje and Isa Mustafa's Democratic League of Kosovo, LDK, are close to an agreement on forming a new government, three months after elections were held, Vetevendosje said Wednesday.
Kosovo President: Kurti Must Nominate PM or Risk Crisis
President Hashim Thaci has urged election-winning party Vetevendosje to nominate Kosovo's next Prime Minister within 48 hours, or risk sending the country into a "completely unnecessary" constitutional crisis.
LDK to Support Kosovo Minority Government From Opposition
In an abrupt turn of events in Kosovo, the leader of the Democratic League of Kosovo, Isa Mustafa, on Thursday said his party was willing to vote for a minority government led by Albin Kurti's Vetevendosje party, but will stay in opposition and not join it.
Coalition Talks Remain Deadlocked in Kosovo
Albin Kurti, leader of Vetevendosje (Self-Determination), the party that topped the last elections in Kosovo, said on Wednesday that negotiations with the second-placed Democratic League of Kosovo, LDK, had failed - and the two parties would therefore go into the constitutive session of parliament on Thursday without an agreement on forming a new government.
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Belgrade Appoints Serb Officials in Northern Kosovo
As talks in Kosovo drag on between Albin Kurti's Vetevendosje movement and Isa Mustafa's Democratic League of Kosovo, LDK, on forming a new coalition government, officials from Belgrade-backed Srpska Lista, the main Serbian party in Kosovo, have already taken up their new posts in Serb-dominated northern Kosovo.
Kurti: We’ll Stop Presidents Running Kosovo-Serbia Talks
The leader of Kosovo's Vetevendosje (Self-determination) Movement and likely next prime minister, Albin Kurti, has said that the Serbian and Kosovo presidents should no longer run the currently stalled EU-led dialogue between the two countries.
Hopes Rise in Kosovo for Deal on New Government
As talks on the formation of a new government in Kosovo appear to near completion, President Hashim Thaci has summoned a "constitutive session" of the new parliament on December 24.
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Politics in Play in Row over Location of New Kosovo Stadium
That Kosovo needs a new national sports stadium was obvious even before 300,000 fans were left to vie online for just 13,000 tickets to this month's Euro 2020 qualifier in Pristina with England.
But plans to build a new one have been taken hostage by politics.
Trump's envoy for Belgrade-Pristina dialogue comments on the mini Schengen initiative
Although he welcomed the initiative of "Balkan Schengen", he warned that it could be successful only if it envolves everyone from the region, including Kosovo.