elections2021

More than 101,000 applications to vote from abroad approved

The Central Election Commission has told BIRN that it has approved over 101,000 applications to vote from abroad, though the telephone verification process remains ongoing.

Balje: Srpska Lista interfering in elections

Political representatives from Kosovo’s Serb and Bosniak communities have told BIRN that Srpska Lista are trying to ensure that MPs sympathetic to the party are elected to the 10 parliamentary seats allocated to Kosovo’s non-Serb ethnic minorities.

First-time voters hoping for a change

Prishtina Insight spoke with a number of young people eligible to vote for the first time at the February 14 election, who outlined their political concerns and aspirations for the future governance of Kosovo.

Valdete Daka: Threats against me are unprecedented and dangerous

The head of the Central Election Commission has hit back against public criticism from political figures over the potential exclusion of some candidates from the upcoming elections, describing it as direct interference in the Commission’s work and the implementation of the law.

Court ruling puts Kurti’s election candidacy at risk

Vetevendosje leader and former PM Albin Kurti may be barred from standing in the February 14 elections – after the Kosovo Judicial Council ruled that 47 candidates were theoretically unable to run having been found guilty of a criminal offence in court.