Kosovo MP candidates went head-to-head on foreign affairs for BIRN Kosovo’s #DebatPernime series last week. Read our summary of what MP hopefuls said about border demarcation with Montenegro, the Brussels-facilitated dialogue with Serbia, and potential creation of Kosovo’s standing army.
At an LDK press conference, Florian Dushi, acting deputy minister of justice and LDK member, commented on Klan Kosova’s exit poll, which puts the LDK-AKR-Alternativa coalition behind both the PDK-AAK-NISMA coalition and Vetevendosje.
“The turnout was satisfactory, so far 10,000 more voters than in the last elections. Exit polls were organized unprofessionally. We believe that the will of the people is different from the results of the exit polls. It is not the first time that we see parties who celebrate prematurely. We will wait for the end of the process,” he said.
Politicians in the Balkans frequently accuse the EU of double standards in its dealings with the region. Do they have a point?
In the months-long protests in Serbia, those marching every weekend are not all demonstrating for purely political reasons – but also to raise their voices over other burning everyday problems.