Vetevendosje leader Kurti meets U.S. Ambassador Kosnett (media)
Gazeta Express reports that Vetevendosje leader Albin Kurti met today with U.S. Ambassador to Kosovo Philip Kosnett, two days after Vetevendosje won in the early parliamentary elections. Vetevendosje issued a press release after the meeting saying that Kosnett was pleased with the smooth course of the election process and the high voter turnout. “In a […]
Read More →Vetevendosje’s Haxhiu reacts to vote recount request (media)
Albulena Haxhiu from Vetevendosje commented on Facebook about the request from the Democratic League of Kosovo (PDK), the Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK) and Social Democratic Initiative (NISMA) for a vote recount. “Since this morning I have received many messages and phone calls from citizens, friends and family. They are concerned about possible tendencies for […]
Read More →Haradinaj doesn’t dispute election results, will not demand vote recount (Koha/Kallxo)
Leader of the Alliance for the Future of Kosovo (AAK) Ramush Haradinaj said in a press conference today that he accepts the results of Sunday’s early parliamentary elections. “AAK accepts the results. We do not dispute it,” he said adding that they will not seek a vote recount. “The citizens have not given us the […]
Read More →Mogherini and Hahn issue joint statement on Kosovo elections (media)
EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Federica Mogherini and Commissioner for Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations Johannes Hahn issued a statement on early parliamentary elections that took place in Kosovo on 6 October calling them “peaceful” and “orderly”. “The European Union looks forward to the formation of a new government as soon […]
Read More →Austrian chief diplomat: Kosovo is a reality (RTK)
Austrian Foreign Minister Alexander Schallenberg said today in Tirana that Kosovo is a reality although some member states of the European Union have not recognised its independence, RTK reports. “Kosovo is a reality, the majority of countries have recognised it, but there are some EU member states that have not recognised it. The EU has […]
Read More →Haradinaj: AAK will engage in topics of national interest (media)
Alliance for the Future of Kosovo (AAK) leader Ramush Haradinaj said today that his party would continue to engage in topics of national interest to Kosovo, several news websites report. Haradinaj wrote in a Facebook post that the AAK will engage in foreign policy, the dialogue with Serbia, economic policies, rule of law and security, […]
Read More →PDK wants a vote recount, claims 1,000 of their votes went to other parties (Express)
The news website reports that the Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK) filed a complaint on Monday afternoon with the Elections Complaints and Appeals Panel (ECAP) citing alleged irregularities in the vote count. ECAP chair Mul Desku confirmed they received the complaint. “We are aware that we received a complaint from this political party yesterday. This […]
Read More →LDK, PDK and NISMA ask for a Kosovo-wide vote recount (Gazeta Blic)
The news website reports that the Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK), the Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK) and NISMA, have filed separate requests with the Elections Complaints and Appeals Panel (ECAP) asking for a vote recount. The news website claims to have secured the complaints filed by these political parties and they focus on an […]
Read More →EU observers: October 6 elections were democratic, but not in Serb areas (media)
The European Union Election Observation Mission (EOM) in Kosovo said in a press conference in Pristina today that the October 6 parliamentary elections were well-administered, transparent and democratic, but that in Serb-inhabited regions they did not meet international standards as voters were intimidated to vote in favor of the Serbian List. EU Chief Observer Viola […]
Read More →Vetevendosje leader Albin Kurti’s interview to Top Channel
Vetevendosje leader and candidate for Prime Minister, Albin Kurti, said in an interview for Tirana-based Top Channel on Monday that in the October 6 parliamentary elections, “the people of Kosovo decided that the weak state of Kosovo, because it is captured, cannot tolerate another government like the previous one, therefore, they brought about this change […]
Read More →Serwer: People of Kosovo wanted change and voted for it (VOA)
U.S. Balkans analyst Daniel Serwer said in an interview with Voice of America that the election results in Kosovo were not unexpected and that the people of Kosovo wanted change and voted for it. He said he expects negotiations to get underway for the formation of the new government. “I hope it will be a […]
Read More →Lushtaku: The people have spoken, and we need to respect their will (media)
Sami Lushtaku from the Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK) said on Monday that the October 6 parliamentary elections did not give the results he expected but that “the will of the people must be respected”. “We now need to look to ourselves, correct our mistakes, undertake reforms and consolidate our ranks, so that the PDK […]
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