Polls have opened across Kosovo in legislative elections taking place against a backdrop of an ailing economy and renewed tensions between ethnic Albanians and Serbs. Eligible voters will cast ...

Animosity between Kosovo and Serbia has persisted since the war between Serbian forces and ethnic Albanian insurgents in the late 1990s. Serbia has steadfastly refused to acknowledge Kosovo's ...

It ruled out a coalition with Kurti before the vote. Kosovo, which is majority ethnic Albanian, is Europe's newest country, and one of its poorest. It gained independence from Serbia in 2008 with ...

Twenty seats are reserved for minority parties, including 10 for Kosovo's ethnic Serbs. A projection published by leading Kosovo news outlet KOHA said Kurti's Vetevendosje ("Self-Determination ...

Polls have opened across Kosovo in legislative elections taking place against a backdrop of an ailing economy and renewed tensions between ethnic Albanians and Serbs. Eligible voters will cast their ...

"Kosovo has entered into an institutional instability," he said. Kosovo, which is majority ethnic Albanian, is Europe's newest country, and one of its poorest. It gained independence from Serbia ...

Pristina, the capital of Kosovo, is awash with election posters.From streetlamps, billboards and walls, politicians' faces smile down at passersby, their parties' snappy election slogans seeking ...

Kurti's popularity has been boosted by efforts to extend government control over the ethnic-Serb majority north. But that has antagonised Kosovo's main backers - the EU and the US. Opposition ...

Kosovo’s Prime Minister Albin Kurti declared victory for his party Vetevendosje (Self-Determination) late on Sunday, several hours after the polls closed in the country’s parliamentary elections.

Another Kurti-led government may see a continuation of policies to extend government control over the north, where about 50,000 ethnic Serbs live, many of whom refuse to recognise Kosovo’s ...