Kosovo’s president dissolves parliament and calls snap elections

Kosovo’s President Vjosa Osmani on Friday dissolved parliament and called snap elections after lawmakers failed to elect ​a new head of state within a constitutional deadline, Reuters writes.

As noted, the move extends a political deadlock in Kosovo, ⁠Europe’s youngest nation.

The parliament ‌had until midnight on Thursday to choose a president before Osmani’s term ends in April, but opposition parties refused to participate in the vote. Under the Balkan country’s ​law, failure to elect a new president triggers snap parliamentary ​elections.