Kosovo Premier Wins Snap Vote Set to End Political Deadlock
Prime Minister Albin Kurti speaks to members of the media after casting his vote at a polling station in Pristina, Kosovo, on Dec. 28.
Photographer: Armend Nimani/AFP/Getty ImagesPrime Minister Albin Kurti won Kosovo’s snap election as voters gave him a stronger-than-expected mandate, ending months of political deadlock.
Kurti’s Self-Determination Movement took 49.3% of the vote with nearly all votes counted, the Central Election Commission said. By gaining 56 seats in parliament and with expected backing from minority lawmakers, he’s poised to cross the 61-seat threshold to be able elect a speaker and form a government.