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Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan speaks to journalists after voting at a polling station during the parliamentary election in Yerevan, Armenia, Sunday, June 7, 2026. (AP Photo/Anthony Pizzoferrato)

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Presidential candidate Roberto Sanchez of the Together for Peru party shows his ballot during the presidential runoff election in Lima, Peru, Sunday, June 7, 2026. (AP Photo/Miguel Paredes)

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A member of an election commission prepares the ballots while waiting for voters at a polling station, during a parliamentary election in Yerevan, Armenia, Sunday, June 7, 2026. (AP Photo/Anthony Pizzoferrato)

Kosovo is holding an early parliamentary election, its third in 18 months, aimed at resolving a political impasse. The main political parties failed to agree on a new president by a March deadline. The prolonged crisis has hurt Kosovo’s economy, already struggling with the global energy crisis. Prime Minister Albin Kurti’s party holds a clear majority, but electing a president requires broader consensus. The opposition accuses Kurti of trying to control all political institutions. Analysts don’t expect major changes in the election outcome. The political stalemate has delayed access to European Union funds.

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Kosovo's former president Vjosa Osmani votes during parliamentary election in Kosovo capital Pristina, on Sunday, June 7, 2026. (AP Photo/Blerim Berisha)

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People wait in line at a polling station for an early parliamentary election, the third in 18 months, in the northern Serb-dominated part of ethnically divided town of Mitrovica, Kosovo, Sunday, June 7, 2026. (AP Photo/Dejan Simicevic)