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Julian Borger in Pristina

Kosovo goes to the polls as the shadow of Trump looms large

Albin Kurti, Kosovo's prime minister and leader of the Self-Determination party, speaks at the closing electoral rally in Pristina, ahead of Sunday’s elections
Albin Kurti, Kosovo's prime minister and leader of the Self-Determination party, speaks at the closing electoral rally in Pristina, ahead of Sunday’s elections. Photograph: Valdrin Xhemaj/Reuters

Kosovo goes to the polls on Sunday in an election that could mark a crossroads in the young country’s history and even determine its future territorial integrity in an increasingly hostile world.

With the election outcome very much in the balance, the prime minister, Albin Kurti, held a mass rally in Pristina on Friday evening, under the slogan “From corner to corner”. It celebrated the fact that Kurti has succeeded where his predecessors had failed, in tightening the control of the Albanian-majority government over a rebellious Serb area on its northern border.

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