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Kosovo to Elect New Parliament Amid Anger Over Graft, Unemployment

Reuters

   PRISTINA - Voters in Kosovo will pick a new parliament on Sunday in a
   snap election dominated by rampant corruption, sky-high unemployment
   and poor relations with neighboring Serbia that it must try to mend if
   it is to move closer towards eventual EU membership.

   Kosovo has Europe's youngest population, with an average age of 29, and
   has seen annual economic growth averaging 4% over the past decade, but
   it remains very poor and more than 200,000 Kosovars have left and
   applied for asylum in the European Union since Pristina won its
   independence from Belgrade in 2008.

   The election was triggered by the resignation of Prime Minister Ramush
   Haradinaj in July after he was summoned for questioning by the war
   crimes prosecutor in The Hague over his role in the 1998-99 insurgency
   against Serb forces.

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