Kurti, however, has stuck to his guns, even when warned by the United States or when, in June 2023, the EU suspended financial aid to the country worth up to 100 million euros ($104 million).

The EU's top diplomat Kaja Kallas on Thursday said the bloc has begun to lift sanctions on Kosovo, but that the process would be conditional on a sustained de-escalation of violence and ...

While Kurti retains a strong support base, his opponents have denounced him for the fraying ties with the US and the EU.

Kurti has also refused to honor a 2013 agreement with Serbia to allow Serb-majority municipalities in Kosovo to form autonomous educational, health care and economic associations, saying at a ...

Albin Kurti, president of the left-wing Vetevendosje! party, makes statements following results of a parliamentary election, in Pristina, Kosovo, Sunday, Feb. 9, 2025. Credit: AP/Vlasov Sulaj ...

Preliminary results from Kosovo’s legislative elections show incumbent Prime Minister Albin Kurti's party in the lead, but short of the majority needed to govern alone. With 73% of the votes ...

EU and U.S. officials have placed much of the blame on Kurti for the failure to move forward with the deal between Serbia and Kosovo, struck in March last year in Ohrid, North Macedonia.

Kosovo’s Prime Minister Albin Kurti publicly apologized to students for making a mistake while solving a math problem during a school inauguration on Wednesday. “Thank you for the warm welcome in your ...

After Kosovo Prime Minister Albin Kurti accused him of “irrationality,” “desperation” and of pursuing an “aggressive campaign for new conflicts,” Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić shot back in an ...