Kosovo Heads Toward Early Elections as Parliament Fails Again to Elect President

Kosovo fell into a constitutional crisis after its parliament failed for a second time to elect a new president on Tuesday. Despite an almost continuous parliamentary session, Prime Minister Albin Kurti's ruling Self-Determination Movement (LVV) could not overcome an opposition boycott to achieve the required two-thirds majority needed to select a head of state. The repeated failure to elect a president under Kosovo's constitutional framework typically triggers early parliamentary elections, adding political uncertainty to the young Balkan nation that declared independence from Serbia in 2008.