Kosovan local elections, 2009
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Local elections were held in Kosovo
on 15 November and 13 December 2009. These were the first local elections to be held after Kosovo declared independence in February 2008. The elections were to elect mayors and municipal councils in 36 municipalities, and were contested by 37 ethnic Albanian parties and 21 Serbian lists. All citizens with a valid ID were able to vote in the elections.
Pieter Feith
, the European Union Special Representative
in Kosovo, declared before the election that he expected the elections to "pass the democratic test".
The elections have not been finished two months after they started. Many cities have recounted the votes or have redone the voting.
Prizren and Lipjan will hold new elections on the 31 of January 2009.
Kosovo
Kosovo is a region in southeastern Europe. Part of the Ottoman Empire for more than five centuries, later the Autonomous Province of Kosovo and Metohija within Serbia...
on 15 November and 13 December 2009. These were the first local elections to be held after Kosovo declared independence in February 2008. The elections were to elect mayors and municipal councils in 36 municipalities, and were contested by 37 ethnic Albanian parties and 21 Serbian lists. All citizens with a valid ID were able to vote in the elections.
Pieter Feith
Pieter Feith
Pieter Cornelis Feith is a Dutch diplomat, formerly serving as the European Union Special Representative and still as the International Civilian Representative in Kosovo.- About :...
, the European Union Special Representative
European Union Special Representative
The European Union Special Representatives are emissaries of the European Union with specific tasks abroad. While the EU's ambassadors are responsible for affairs with a single country, Special Representatives tackle specific issues, conflict areas or regions of countries...
in Kosovo, declared before the election that he expected the elections to "pass the democratic test".
The elections have not been finished two months after they started. Many cities have recounted the votes or have redone the voting.
Prizren and Lipjan will hold new elections on the 31 of January 2009.