Kosovo’s Left-wing Opposition Party Sees Landslide Win

KOSOVO’S left-wing main opposition party has registered a clear victory in an early election held amid the coronavirus pandemic, economic downturn and stalled negotiations with wartime foe Serbia.

With 98 percent of the votes counted on Monday, the Determination Movement Party had 48 percent support.

That left it far ahead of the centre-right Democratic Party of Kosovo, or PDK, which won 17 percent and the conservative governing Democratic League of Kosovo, or LDK, which captured 13 percent of the vote.

Voters in Sunday’s election came out despite a low temperature of minus 10 degrees Celsius (14 degrees Fahrenheit) and snowfall.

The turnout was 47 percent, or 2.5 percent higher than the 2019 election, according to the Central Election Commission.

Determination Movement leader Albin Kurti, who is expected to become the next prime minister, faces the challenges of reviving the poor nation’s economy and reducing unemployment, as well as fighting the