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 a Kosovar Albanian politician who has been serving as Prime Minister of Kosovo since 2021,having previously held the office from February to June 2020. He came to prominence in 1997 as the vice-president of the University of Pristina student union,and a main organizer of non-violent student demonstrations of 1997 and 1998. Kurti then worked in Adem Demaçi's office when the latter became the political representative of the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA). Kurti has been a member of the Assembly of the Republic of Kosovo since 2010 in three consecutive legislatures.
The United States officially recognized Kosovo as a country on February 18,2008,one day after the Kosovar declaration of independence from Serbia. Since then,the two countries have maintained relations,with Kosovo considering the United States one of its most important allies. Kosovo has dedicated several monuments to American politicians deemed instrumental to the nation's independence,especially Bill Clinton. Most Kosovars consistently approve of the United States government,often posting the highest percentages in polls among European nations.
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 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.
Vjosa Osmani-Sadriu is a Kosovo Albanian jurist and politician who is the current president of Kosovo since 2021. Osmani was born and raised in Titova Mitrovica,SFR Yugoslavia and studied law at the University of Pristina and the University of Pittsburgh School of Law. She worked as an advisor to the president of Kosovo Fatmir Sejdiu before she was elected to the Assembly. Osmani held the position of Speaker of the Assembly of Kosovo from February 2020 to March 2021,and also served as acting president between November 2020 and March 2021 after the resignation of President Hashim Thaçi. Upon her election as president,Osmani became the second woman to hold the position,as well as the first person to have served as both acting president and president of Kosovo. Osmani successfully ran on an anti-corruption platform and has expressed a desire to normalize relations between Kosovo and Serbia. Since taking office,Osmani has returned the flag of Dardania as the official symbol of the presidency.
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%.
Parliamentary elections are scheduled to be held in Kosovo on 9 February 2025.
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.
