The Democratic League of Kosovo is the oldest and one of the largest political parties in Kosovo.
The politics of Kosovo takes place in a framework of a multi-party parliamentary representative democratic republic,whereby the President (Presidenti) is the head of state and the Prime Minister (Kryeministri) the head of government. Parliamentary elections are held every four years,the most recent in 2021.
Lëvizja Vetëvendosje (LVV) is a left-leaning social democratic political party in Kosovo. It is a member of the Progressive Alliance,and an observer in the Party of European Socialists,and the Socialist International.
Albin Kurti is the Prime Minister of Kosovo,having been elected in March 2021 for a second time. He first served in the role between February and June 2020.
Kosovo was officially recognized as a country by the United States on February 18,2008,one day after Kosovo declared its independence from Serbia.
Kosovo unilaterally self proclaimed independence from Serbia in 2008,a move which Serbia strongly rejects. Serbia does not recognize Kosovo as an independent state and continues to claim it as the Autonomous Province of Kosovo and Metohija. However,differences and disputes remain,while North Kosovo is partially under Serbian rule. Initially there were no relations between the two;but in the following years there has been increased dialogue and cooperation between the two sides.
Parliamentary elections were held in Kosovo on 12 December 2010,following a vote of no-confidence in the government that brought forward the election. Those were the first elections after the country declared independence.
Parliamentary elections were held in Kosovo on 6 October 2019. The main opposition parties received the most votes,led by Vetëvendosje and the Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK). Vetëvendosje leader Albin Kurti became Prime Minister,forming a governing coalition with the LDK on an anti-corruption platform. He is the second Prime Minister not to have been a fighter of the Kosovo Liberation Army during the 1990s.
Isa Mustafa is a retired Kosovar politician. Mustafa was the mayor of Pristina from December 2007 to December 2013 and served as the prime minister of Kosovo between December 2014 and September 2017. He was the leader of the Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK) between 2010 and 2021.
The New Democratic Party or NDS is a minority interest political party in Kosovo representing Bosniaks. It was founded by Emilija Redžepi.
The Belgrade–Pristina dialogue are a series of EU-facilitated talks between the governments of Serbia and Kosovo. Serbia claims Kosovo as its southern province under United Nations administration,and rejects its independence. Kosovo considers Serbia as a neighbouring state. The negotiations began in March 2011,three years after Kosovo declared independence. They are the first negotiations between the two entities since Kosovo declared independence in February 2008.
The PANA coalition was a ruling post-electoral Kosovan political alliance between four major Albanian and six ethnic minority parties in Kosovo. Its formation ended three months of political uncertainty following the 2017 parliamentary election. It was founded originally as PAN coalition.
The LA coalition was a political alliance in Kosovo,between the Democratic League of Kosovo and The Alternative which stood in the 2017 elections along with the New Kosovo Alliance,who left the coalition after the elections. It was founded originally as LAA coalition.
The First Kurti cabinet was formed in Kosovo on 3 February 2020 following a deal between the political parties Vetëvendosje,New Democratic Party,Democratic League of Kosovo and Serb List. On 25 March 2020,the government lost a vote of no confidence that was brought by the Democratic League of Kosovo.
The Hoti cabinet was formed in Kosovo on 3 June 2020 following a deal between the political parties Democratic League of Kosovo,Alliance for the Future of Kosovo,Social Democratic Initiative,New Kosovo Alliance and Serb List.
The Kosovo and Serbia economic normalization agreements,informally known as the Washington Agreement,are a pair of documents in which Kosovo and Serbia agreed to facilitate economic normalization among themselves. The documents were signed by the Prime Minister of Kosovo Avdullah Hoti and the President of Serbia Aleksandar Vučićon September 4,2020,at the White House,in the presence of the President of the United States Donald Trump.
Parliamentary elections were held in Kosovo on 14 February 2021. The results were a landslide victory for Vetëvendosje led by Albin Kurti and its coalition partner,Vjosa Osmani,former speaker of the parliament of Kosovo. The alliance won more than 50% of the total votes,the highest share since the first elections held in 2001,while their nearest rivals,the Democratic Party,finished in second place,trailing by more than 33%.
BekëBerisha is a politician in Kosovo. He has served in the Assembly of the Republic of Kosovo since 2017 as a member of the Alliance for the Future of Kosovo (AAK).
Donika Kadaj Bujupi is a politician in Kosovo. She served in the Assembly of Kosovo from 2007 to 2021 and in April 2023 was appointed as an advisor to Republic of Kosovo president Vjosa Osmani. Kadaj Bujupi was a member of the Alliance for the Future of Kosovo (AAK) for most of her time as an elected official,although from 2016 to 2018 she was a member of Vetëvendosje (VV).
Teuta Sahatqija is a politician and diplomat in Kosovo. She has served three terms in the Assembly of Kosovo,initially with the Reformist Party ORA,which she led from 2008 to 2010,and later with the Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK). She was Consul General for the Republic of Kosovo in New York City from 2016 to 2020.
