Albin Kurti’s party, Self-Determination, received the most votes in Kosovo’s regular parliamentary
elections. These are the first regular elections since Kosovo’s independence in 2008. The current prime
minister will have to form a coalition if he wants to retain the prime minister’s office. Analysts we spoke
say that Kurti has two options, either a coalition with the opposition or with minorities. Negotiations are
just beginning. In the campaign, which passed peacefully, the focus of politicians was mainly on ethnic
issues, while the focus of the people, however, is on real social problems such as the economy,
emigration and corruption. We talk to journalist Vjosa Cerkini in Pristina about all these issues, as well as
about Kosovo’s international relations under the leadership of Albin Kurti. In Mitrovica, we spoke with
political analyst Nexhmedin Spahiu, and in North Mitrovica, we asked citizens what they think about
these elections.