Kosovo centre-right coalition on course to win parliamentary vote (Reuters)
A coalition led by the ruling centre-right Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK) came first in Kosovo’s snap parliamentary election on Sunday, but it will have to find a coalition partner to form a stable government, results based on a partial vote count showed. http://reut.rs/2rh0zMA
Read More →Ex-Rebel Leader Is Poised to Win Kosovo Election (NYT)
For the third time since Kosovo declared its independence in 2008, voters elected a new Parliament on Sunday, likely giving power to a former rebel leader who was twice acquitted of war crimes by an international tribunal. http://nyti.ms/2s1O2d0
Read More →Kosovo’s Ramush Haradinaj, ex-KLA commander, set for election win (BBC)
A former rebel commander wanted by Serbia for alleged war crimes has won Kosovo’s parliamentary election, preliminary results suggest. http://bbc.in/2sdnaIP
Read More →OSCE Broadcast 11 June
• Daka: Election turnout 41%, process smooth (Telegrafi)
• KFOR provided security to the OSCE personnel in Serb inhabited areas (Klan Kosova)
• Kosovo votes for new Assembly (All monitored broadcasters, RTK1)
• Exit poll: PAN 40%, VV 30%, LAA 27%, and others 3% (KTV, Klan Kosova)
• Veseli declares his Coalition’s victory (Kosovo portals)
• Djuric: Srpska List has won all ten reserved mandates (KTV)
• Thaçi expects from the election winner to constitute Government soon (TV21)
• Eight persons arrested for criminal offences during election process (KTV)
• Delawie: The common good must be the goal for Kosovo (KTV)
• ‘Democracy in Action’ lists irregularities in the election process (RTK)
• Situation in Mitrovica/Mitrovicë north calm after elections (Klan Kosova)
UNMIK Headlines 12 June
• CEC counts more than 90% of votes: PAN first, Vetevendosje second
• Over 50,000 votes declared invalid (RTK)
• Media reactions on Kosovo snap elections
• PDK, VV supporters celebrate in downtown Pristina (media)
• Haziri: People gave no one legitimacy to form government (Klan Kosova)
• Voting in the north, free of incidents (Zeri)
• Palokaj: Government again to be decided by deals, not people’s votes (Koha)
• Thaci: Dialogue to shift at level of presidents (Epoka e Re)