Elections

Massive boycotts in contested Albanian local elections

Sunday’s local elections in Albania ran more smoothly than expected – but an opposition boycott will leave the Socialist-led government struggling to defend the result as legitimate.

Elections in Northern Kosovo: A one choice democracy

The lack of Kosovo Serb opposition parties running in Sunday’s mayoral elections in the north of Kosovo is another sign that democracy is ceasing to exist there, with even minimum democratic standards not being fulfilled.

Thaci announces extraordinary elections in northern Kosovo

Kosovo President Hashim Thaci announced extraordinary mayoral elections in four Serb-majority municipalities in Kosovo on Monday, amid uncertainty as to whether Lista Srpska, will participate in the elections.

Bad timing for new elections in Kosovo, analysts say

Despite opposition calls for snap elections in Kosovo, new national elections are nowhere in sight, political commentators argue.

Elections ‘marred by intimidation’ in Serb-majority municipalities

The 2017 local elections in Serb-majority municipalities ‘did not meet several international and European standards,’ says the final report by the EU’s Election Observation Mission to Kosovo.


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