Albin Kurti elected premier of Kosovo for 2nd time

By Talha Ozturk

BELGRADE, Serbia (AA) - Albin Kurti was elected Kosovo’s prime minister on Monday for a second time.

The nation’s parliament elected the left-wing opposition leader to lead Kosovo's seventh government since the country declared independence in 2008.

In an extraordinary session of the Kosovo Assembly, newly sworn in MPs passed a motion electing a new government led by Kurti, with 67 votes in favor, 30 against, and no abstentions.

Kurti also served as premier last year, for less than two months.

This February, Kosovars voted in snap polls to choose new members of the country's 120-seat parliament, with Kurti's socialist Self-Determination Movement (LVV) winning nearly 48% of the vote.