Kosovo went another day without a president. On April 28, 2026, the assembly in Prishtina was supposed to vote in a new president - but the session collapsed for lack of a quorum. Instead of the required 80 MPs, only 64 were in the chamber. The opposition boycotted the vote.

The Vetëvendosje party proposed two candidates for the presidency, but without the opposition in the room the count simply wasn't there. The Constitutional Court is clear: if a president isn't elected by April 28, parliament automatically dissolves and snap elections must be held within 45 days.

The legal framework is strict. In the first two rounds, 80 votes are required - a two-thirds majority. In the third round the threshold drops to 61. But without the opposition in the chamber, no round can even begin. And the opposition argues that Vetëvendosje broke the Constitution with the way it ran the process.

Kosovo currently has no president, no deal between the coalitions, and no clear path forward without new elections. A Balkan political crisis by the classic recipe: each side claims to be following the rules, nobody backs down, and citizens wait in uncertainty.