Kosovo is on course for a third general election in less than two years after talks between Prime Minister Albin Kurti and opposition leader Lumir Abdixhiku of the Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK) broke down on Monday without agreement on who should become the country's next president. Under a Constitutional Court deadline, parliament has until 28 April to elect a new head of state — a process requiring a two-thirds quorum of MPs — or fresh elections will be triggered automatically. Kurti, whose Vetevendosje party won 51 per cent of the vote in December 2024, refused to cede the presidency to any opposition party and said new elections would cost at least ten million euros and likely produce a similar political deadlock.