International agency Reuters reports that Kosovo President Vjosa Osmani dissolved the Parliament on Friday and declared extraordinary elections after MPs failed to elect a new president within the constitutional deadline.
Under Kosovo law, the parliament had until midnight on Thursday to elect a president before Osman's term ends in April, but opposition parties refused to participate in the vote. Failure to elect a president automatically leads to snap parliamentary elections.
Reuters points out that the decision to dissolve the parliament deepens the political deadlock in the country, which is Europe's youngest and aspires to join the European Union. "For most of last year, the country did not have a functioning government, as the fragmented parliament failed to elect a speaker for months," the agency points out.
The media outlet notes that Vetevendosje, the party of Prime Minister Albin Kurti, won enough seats to form a government, but failed to secure the participation of the opposition, which was seeking a consensual candidate for president. “Kurti has proposed his Foreign Minister, Glauk Konjufca, as a presidential candidate.”
Reuters also reports that Osmani is expected to meet with political parties before setting a date for the elections. “The upcoming elections will be the third in just over a year, as Kosovo already held snap elections on December 28, following the failure to form a government following the February 2025 vote,” the outlet notes.
The agency also quotes Osmani's statement during today's conference: "An Assembly that cannot elect a president cannot continue to drag out the process indefinitely, as is being attempted now. Another political cycle should never be sought, especially at this moment when the country needs stability."
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