Vetevendosje

Albin Kurti – Baba: Kosovo’s ‘Father’ Who Inherits an Absence

Amid Kosovo’s political instability in the past two years, a nickname hardened into a title: Albin Kurti’s voters no longer call him Prime Minister but Baba –father. This essay asks what that word is doing and why it keeps reappearing at moments of political and economic anxiety?

Ballot boxes of the Kosovo December 28 snap parliamentary elections. Photo: BIRN/Denis Sllovinja

Kosovo Orders Recount of All Votes, Delaying Election Result

Election Commission orders recount at all polling stations in the country after limited recount in ten municipalities reveals significant manipulation of votes cast.

EU, OSCE in Kosovo Condemn CEC Member’s Outburst Toward Media

The EU and the OSCE missions reacted angrily to recent comments made by Vetëvendosje’s Sami Kurteshi, a member of the CEC about journalists and the journalists’ association in Kosovo.

Glauk Konjufca (L) and Albin Kurti (R) at Vetevendosje's General Council meeting, November 4, 2025. Photo: Vetevendosje Movement/Facebook

Kurti Rivals Dismiss Last-Minute Bid to Form Kosovo Govt

Acting PM's latest plan – to form a Vetevendosje government without him as premier – has drawn a cool response from his rivals, who have repeated their calls for early elections.

Kosovo Court Imposes New Ban on Parliament Over Deputy Speaker Logjam

Court again bans MPs from forming institutions deriving from the February elections while it considers a complaint about the failure to elect a deputy speaker from the Serb community, as guaranteed in the constitution.

Kosovo Coalition Talks Suspended as Turmoil Grips Opposition Party

Derogatory Language Keeps Persons with Disabilities on the Margins of Kosovo’s Society

North Mitrovica. Photo from archives: BIRN.

After 2022 Mass Resignations, Some Kosovo Serbs Seek Return to Judicial Posts

Kosovo Prosecutorial Council Rejects Serb Prosecutors’ Return to Old Posts

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