Kosovo to Hold Early Elections in October, President Thaci Says
Members of the Kosovo Parliament leave after a session on Aug. 22.
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Kosovo will hold early parliamentary elections in October as it seeks to stabilize Europe’s newest nation after its Premier Ramush Haradinaj resigned to face allegations at a war crimes court.
President Hashim Thaci set the election for Oct. 6, his office said in an emailed statement on Monday. The vote should lead to a new government that may decide whether to unblock stalled talks with Serbia, from which it declared independence in 2008, a decade after a war over the territory that ended with NATO-led bombing of Serbia. The two nations need to settle their disputes to proceed and qualify for European Union membership.