During a Saturday parliamentary session on August 8, opposition MP Time Kadrijaj pelted Kosovo Prime Minister Albin Kurti with at least four eggs while shouting “shame on you.” <\/p>\n
During the Saturday, August 8 session, opposition MP Time Kadrijaj threw at least four eggs at Prime Minister Albin Kurti while shouting “shame on you!” Security immediately rushed to protect the head of government, and the session’s chairman ordered the live broadcast to be halted. The prime minister himself appeared unfazed by the situation, commenting that if throwing eggs is the price for political dialogue, he would “gladly pay it.”<\/p>\n
The context for this incident is the institutional and political crisis in Kosovo. The event occurred right after Kurti informed parliament that he needed more time for talks with other groups to select a candidate for the speaker of the parliament, even though the constitutional deadline for this had passed on Friday.<\/p>\n
The prime minister’s request for extended negotiation time sparked massive outrage from the opposition, which explicitly threatened legal action. Ultimately, due to the sudden interruption of the proceedings, no decision was made regarding Kurti’s request, and the date for the next session has not yet been set.<\/p>\n
The political impasse in Kosovo has lasted for nearly two years. Snap elections on June 7 were called after parliament failed to elect a new president following the end of Vjosa Osmani’s term, marking the third vote in less than a year and a half, following previous elections on February 9 and December 28, 2025.<\/p>\n
Although the June elections were won again by Albin Kurti’s Vet\u00ebvendosje party with 43 percent of the vote, the grouping lost the absolute parliamentary majority it won in December 2025. The current situation thus forces the prime minister to seek new coalition partners, effectively paralyzing the government’s work.<\/p>\n
Kosovo is a state recognized by the majority of the world’s governments, including over 100 NATO nations, the US, Germany, and 22 out of 27 European Union member states. Poland recognized Kosovo very quickly on February 26, 2008, as the 18th government in the world, despite Serbia continuing to recognize Kosovo as its province in the name of the international legal principle of territorial integrity, while Western countries led by the US invoke the principle of self-determination of peoples who have the right to seek independence.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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