Contributions
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An Election without Voters
Out of the 45.095 citizens in four Northern municipalities in Kosovo – most of them being ethnic Serbs – with the right to vote, only 1.556 of them exercised their right to vote: the vast majority of them were ethnic Albanians and only 13 were ethnic Serbs. As an outcome, all elected heads of four predominantly Serb municipalities are now ethnic Albanians. The elections recorded one of the lowest turnouts ever with only 3,5%.
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Building Capacities on the Local Level
In times of economic turmoil, it is very important that also municipalities play a vital role in the economic development and sustainability. It is the local level that can best make use of a bottom-up approach including as many citizens as possible.
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„The future of the Western Balkans lies in the European Union"
At the joint press conference last Wednesday, Federal Chancellor Olaf Scholz underlined that the future of all countries in the Western Balkans lies in the European Union and that this also includes Kosovo, whose international recognition Germany supports.
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Local elections in Kosovo
On 17 October 2021, Kosovo organised its fourth local elections since its declaration of independence on 17 February 2008.
In the first round on 17 October, there was no majority for any candidate in twenty-one of Kosovo’s thirty-eight municipalities, resulting in a run-off on Sunday, 14 November 2021.
