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Newly elected Kosovo President Justina Shiroka Pula is seen after she was elected in Kosovo's capital Pristina on Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2026

Video. Kosovo lawmakers elect new president in vote to avert snap election

Updated: 08/10/2026 - 10:07 GMT+2

The late-night parliamentary session ended a more-than-19-month legislative deadlock in the country. Pula’s election to the post makes her the third woman to hold that office since Kosovo’s post-war independence from Serbia.

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