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Kosovo's 'political earthquake' election sees Kurti resurgent
Kurti's Vetevendosje party won nearly 49% of the vote, ending a 2025 deadlock and unlocking about €1 billion in stalled international aid, officials said.
- On Dec 29, Prime Minister Albin Kurti's Vetevendosje led with more than 49% of Sunday's vote, securing a majority with small coalition partners and strengthening his reform mandate.
- Vetevendosje's February setback left parliament stalled for most of 2025, delaying delivery of around 1 billion euros in vital international funding.
- The EU's lift of sanctions and a 216 million-euro release this month coincided with campaigning, with 61.7% of diaspora voters backing Kurti's party, Ilir Deda said.
- That funding can be unlocked once Parliament reconvenes and ratifies agreements with the European Union and World Bank, and the EU said it would release a further 205 million euros early next year.
- At stake are Kosovo's ties with the United States and its EU accession hopes, while Kosovo, population 1.6 million, still faces poverty, instability and 2023 tensions with Serbia.
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Kosovo's 'political earthquake' election sees Kurti resurgent
An emphatic election victory for Kosovo's Prime Minister Albin Kurti marks a resurgence for the nationalist leader, ending a political deadlock in Europe's youngest state and potentially determining its domestic and international agenda for years.
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The emphatic election victory for Kosovo Prime Minister Albin Kurti marks the consolidation of the nationalist leader, ending the political deadlock in Europe's newest state and potentially defining the... Kosovo: Electoral "political earthquake" marks Kurti's consolidation - NAVTEMPORIKI
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