Rolling blackouts have been introduced due to low electricity production and high import costs; as the units of the only two coal-fired thermal power plants are being overhauled to prepare for winter, production is too low for current heat

Kosovo signed a defence agreement with Croatia and Albania, calling for joint responses to common security challenges; the pact has drawn a furious response from Serbia, which called it a threatening move

Prime Minister Kurti affirmed that more than 1 billion euros will be allocated for the Kosovo Security Force in a possible new term of government

The country has joined the global donors of the International Development Association, an arm of the World Bank that supports the world's poorest nations

In the parliamentary elections, the ruling party Vetevendosje!, 'Movement for Self-Determination!', led by outgoing Prime Minister Albin Kurti, won a relative majority of seats