Voting in Kosovo's parliamentary elections closed with Albin Kurti's LVV leading, but it might fall short of a majority.
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00:00Kosovo's cast their votes on Sunday in a parliamentary election that's considered a key test for
00:07Prime Minister Albin Kurti.
00:10His left-wing Self-Determination Movement party is seen as the front-runner, but is
00:14not expected to gain the necessary majority to govern alone.
00:19The other challengers are the Democratic Party of Kosovo, of which the founder Hashim Tachi
00:23is facing an international criminal tribunal at The Hague accused of war crimes, and the
00:28Democratic League of Kosovo, the oldest party in the country.
00:33This is the first time since independence in 2008 that Kosovo's parliament has completed
00:37a full four-year mandate.
00:41The election took place on the backdrop of a deepening economic crisis and ethnic tensions.
00:47The vote will determine who will lead the Kosovo side in negotiations on normalizing
00:51ties with Serbia, which stalled again last year.
00:55Voters cast their ballots to elect 120 lawmakers from nearly 600 candidates and 27 political
01:01groupings.
01:0220 seats are reserved for minorities regardless of election results, 10 of which are for the
01:09Serb minority.