Week in Review: Between the Absurd and the Unexpected

Kosovo’s governance drama is beginning to border on the absurd. Weeks after the June election results were certified, two months after the elections were held, MPs have yet to elect a parliamentary speaker and deputies and, in doing so, constitute the new parliament. The winning party, Vetevendosje, has the votes to elect a new speaker, and indeed a new government. But it has conditioned the election of a speaker on reaching a wider agreement with the opposition on the election of a new president. With deadlines imposed by the Constitutional Court passing, is Kosovo heading to a fourth parliamentary election in two years? Read more: ‘Absurd Blockade’: Fresh Parliamentary Deadlock Pushes Kosovo Back Into Crisis Mode (August 13, 2026)…