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Kurti accuses Serbia of interfering in local elections in Kosovo

2025-10-07 13:29:59Kosova&Bota SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX

Kurti accuses Serbia of interfering in local elections in Kosovo

Kosovo's acting Prime Minister, Albin Kurti, accused Serbia on Tuesday of interfering in the October 12 local elections in Kosovo, making promises of jobs and financial benefits.

Kurti said that the recent actions of the President of Serbia, Aleksandar Vučić, and other Serbian actors, state and non-state, "cannot be characterized otherwise than as interference in the October local election process in Kosovo."

"Promises of jobs, enticement through financial support, conditioning and blackmail with social benefits, and statements by Serbian state officials that only the Serbian List protects Serbia in Kosovo, as the former Prime Minister of Serbia, Miloš Vučević, recently did, and as President Vučić himself has done, are repeated methods of Serbia's intervention in Kosovo," Kurti said.

Kurti said this during a meeting of the acting Government, where his cabinet allocated 100 euros each to the country's students for the start of the new academic year.

He called on the European Union to condemn Belgrade's interference in the Kosovo elections and to sanction Serbia for this.

Vučić told Pink television in Serbia over the weekend that "we will create 400 new jobs in the healthcare structure in Kosovo and 400 families."

"This is something very big for Kosovo, and we will do this within the next ten days, so that people know that we will always take care of it," Vučić said.

Kurti emphasized that interference in the elections of other countries is interference in the form of violating the democracy and sovereignty of that country.

Serbia was also accused of interfering in the February general elections, and the EU observation mission said at the time that Serbia had interfered in the elections through pressure on Serb voters in Kosovo.

Serbia was also accused by Germany of interfering in the February 9 elections in Kosovo.

Kurti criticized the European Union for not doing anything to punish Serbia for this.

Meanwhile, in next weekend's local elections, the largest Kosovo Serb party, which enjoys the support of Serbia, the Serbian List, is expected to regain power in Serb-majority municipalities in Kosovo.

The four Serb-majority municipalities in northern Kosovo – North Mitrovica, Leposavic, Zvecan and Zubin Potok – are led by Albanian mayors, after in November 2022 all representatives of the Serbian List resigned from Kosovo institutions, in reaction to the decision of the Kosovo authorities to remove Serbian car license plates.

Serbs, following the instructions of the Serbian List, did not participate in the extraordinary elections in these municipalities in 2023, and also boycotted the vote to dismiss Albanian mayors in April 2024.

But the Serbian List will compete again on Sunday to return power to the north, at a time of tensions due to the Kosovo Government's efforts to establish control there.

Serb residents of northern Kosovo municipalities are divided between hope and skepticism about the October 12 elections, as some expect the return of Serbs to the heads of municipalities as "freedom", while others do not expect major changes.

Serbia, which continues to oppose Kosovo's independence, considering it part of itself, has allocated revenues from the state budget to members of the Serbian community in Kosovo. This includes salaries, pensions, child allowances and other financial assistance./REL


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