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    <text>Kosovo's Constitutional Court rules that President Vjosa Osmani's decree to dissolve had no legal effect, giving the Kuvendi 34 more days to elect the next president before automatically moving to new elections within 45 days. </text>
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    <text>The Constitutional Court of Kosovo issues an injunction that freezes President Vjosa Osmani's decree dissolving the Kuvendi, while also preventing both the President from calling snap elections and the Kuvendi from carrying out parliamentary business until the Constitutional Court delivers its final ruling. </text>
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      <text>Kosovo President Vjosa Osmani dissolves the Kuvendi, attempting to set new parliamentary elections within 45 days. The Vetëvendosje party maintains that the constitution allows parliament 60 more days to try to elect a president, seeking to challenge Osmani's decree at the Constitutional Court. </text>
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      <text>Kosovo President Vjosa Osmani dissolves the Kuvendi, attempting to set new parliamentary elections within 45 days. Vetëvendosje maintains that the constitution allows parliament 60 more days to try to elect a president, seeking to challenge Osmani's decree to dissolve the Kuvendi at the Constitutional Court. </text>
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    <text>Kosovan president Vjosa Osmani dissolves the Kuvendi, attempting to set new parliamentary elections within 45 days. The Vetëvendosje party maintains that the constitution allows parliament 60 more days to try to elect a president, seeking to challenge Osmani's decree at the Constitutional Court. </text>
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      <text>In Kosovo, 120 members of the Kuvendi are due to indirectly elect the president. If no president is elected, the Kuvendi dissolves and new parliamentary elections are set within 45 days. </text>
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    <text>In Kosovo, the 120 members of the Kuvendi fail to elect the president. The Kuvendi is expected to dissolve, with parliamentary elections scheduled to be set within 45 days. </text>
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    <text>Kosovan prosecutors detain 109 election commissioners over alleged vote manipulation in the recent parliamentary election, prompting a nationwide recount that could delay government formation. </text>
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    <text>Citizens of Kosovo vote to elect the members of the Kuvendi. </text>
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      <text>The Assembly of the Republic of Kosovo elects Vjosa Osmani as the President of Kosovo. </text>
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    <text>The Assembly elects Vjosa Osmani as President. </text>
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    <text>The Constitutional Court of Kosovo nullifies the parliamentary vote that elected Prime Minister Avdullah Hoti in June, after discovering that one of the members who voted was ineligible due to a prison sentence. The ruling mandates that Acting President Vjosa Osmani must call a new election to be held no longer than 40 days from the announcement. </text>
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    <text>Following the resignation of Prime Minister Ramush Haradinaj in July, voters in Kosovo cast their ballots to elect the new members of the Assembly of the Republic of Kosovo. Opposition party, Vetëvendosje, led by Albin Kurti wins in an unprecedented victory. </text>
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    <text>Hashim Thaçi is sworn in as the new President of Kosovo. </text>
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  <text>The Kosovan legislature fails to elect a president by the constitutional deadline due to insufficient votes, raising the likelihood of early parliamentary elections. </text>
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