Kosovo goes to polls in bid to end year-long political impasse

Bedri Hamza, Leader of the Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK), votes during a snap parliamentary election, nearly a year after a political deadlock that prevented the formation of a new government, in Mitrovica, Kosovo, on 28 December, 2025. REUTERS - Florion Goga

Kosovo si going to the polls on Sunday, with nationalist Prime Minister Albin Kurti's party seeking a majority to end a year-long political deadlock that has paralysed parliament and delayed international funding for Europe's youngest nation.

The vote is the second this year in Kosovo after Kurti's Vetevendosje party fell short of a majority in February. Months of failed coalition talks prompted President Vjosa Osmani to dissolve parliament in November and call an early election.