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Opinion polls will determine who leads the parked normalization talks in Kosovo with neighboring Serbia.
Opinion polls have been opened in the Kosovo parliamentary elections, which are seen as a referendum on Prime Minister Alban Kourti, who was at odds with his Western allies regarding neighboring relations with neighboring Serbia.
The vote began at seven in the morning local time (06:00 GMT) on Sunday, according to the Central Elections Committee, where Kosovar went to the polling stations to elect a new parliament and weighed in a controversial race also on the economy and corruption.
Opinion polls will remain open until 18:00 GMT-the ninth of this vote in Kosovo since the end of the 1998-1999 war that prompted the Serbian forces to leave the declared republic.
On Sunday, the vote, a major test for KURTI, will lead to the election of 120 legislators to the association, and who leads the parked Kosovo negotiations on the normalization of relations with Serbia.
The Self -Movement Party, which sought to dismantle the remaining Serbian institutions in Kosovo, is seen as a return in the remaining elections in Kosovo, who sought to dismantle the remaining Serbian institutions in Kosovo, as “the left -wing Korti Vitvinigri”, or the Party of the Development of the Fate, which sought To dismantle the remaining Serbian institutions in Kosovo, as the candidate in the elections. But it is not expected that the party will win the majority necessary to rule on its own, which leaves the possibility of joining the other competitors if it fails to form the cabinet.
The other competitors are the Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK), which accuses their main leaders of war crimes in the Hague Court, and the Democratic Association of Kosovo (LDK), the oldest party in the Republic.
The opposition parties have pledged great pledges in tickets to increase public salaries and pensions, and improve education, health care and anti -poverty services.
Kosovo, with a population of 1.6 million people, is among the poorest in Europe with a total annual GDP of 6000 euros ($ 6200) per person.
“Decisive to the future of Kosovo”
Courty, whose first government in the history of Kosovo, who ended his full term in office had a turbulent base, characterized by regular disturbances between Serbs and ethnic dairy.
Tensions rose after negotiations supported by the European Union and the United States between Kosovo and Serbia, all of them collapsed in March 2023.
In the aftermath, peace keepers were attacked in NATO by the Serbs, and a deadly armed confrontation in the north was sent to the height of regional tensions, and an explosion targeting a vital channel for energy plants in Kosovo at late last year in late last year, and Corty Yallam Belgrade saw.
Courty also sparked Western criticism of the controversial measures he took last year, such as the ban on the use of the Serbian dinar and transfers from Serbia to members of the ethnic Serbian minority in Kosovo who depend on social services and social payments in Belgrade.
The United States, the European Union, and the power of NATO KFOR KFOR in Al -Beritina urged to refrain from unilateral actions, for fear of reviving the conflict between races.
While Courty maintains a strong support base, his opponents condemned the tense relations with the United States and the European Union.
“Corte has repeatedly and repeatedly by opposition parties by connecting a few, challenging the international community, and complaining from Serbia while losing opportunities to build infrastructure and developing Kosovo economically.” AFP News Agency.
“The results of these elections will be an important indication of the future of Kosovo.”
KFOR increased its presence in Kosovo and added more forces to the elections. A team of 100 observers from the European Union, 18 of the Council of Europe, and about 1,600 other international or local organizations, will also monitor voting.
