In Kosovo, the Albanian nationalist party of Albin Kurti has won a landslide victory in snap parliamentary elections held on Sunday. Kurti has called for an expansion of social services and higher salaries for public workers. His party’s victory breaks a nine-month political deadlock that’s been in place since inconclusive elections in February left Kosovo without a functioning government. Voters in the capital Pristina were hopeful Sunday’s election marks a turning point.
Musa Selimi: “No one living in Kosovo nor those from the diaspora have been satisfied with the political blockade that existed. And perhaps eventually there will be positive results and the political parties will be forced to find a solution, because this is holding the country back.”