{"id":82098,"date":"2025-12-27T19:19:21","date_gmt":"2025-12-27T18:19:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?p=82098"},"modified":"2025-12-27T19:19:21","modified_gmt":"2025-12-27T18:19:21","slug":"i-have-doubts-former-ambassador-says-kosovo-elections-may-not-go-well","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/i-have-doubts-former-ambassador-says-kosovo-elections-may-not-go-well\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cI Have Doubts,\u201d Former Ambassador Says: Kosovo Elections May Not Go Well"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">Former ambassador <\/span><span class=\"s1\">Beq\u00eb Cufaj<\/span><span class=\"s2\">, speaking on the program <\/span><span class=\"s1\">Balkan Talks<\/span><span class=\"s2\"> with <\/span><span class=\"s1\">Franko Egro<\/span><span class=\"s2\"> on <\/span><span class=\"s1\">Euronews Albania<\/span><span class=\"s2\">, commented on the elections set to be held this Sunday in <\/span><span class=\"s1\">Kosovo<\/span><span class=\"s2\">. During the discussion, Cufaj expressed skepticism, stressing that he does not believe the electoral process will go smoothly.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">According to him, these doubts also stem from irregularities observed during Kosovo\u2019s local elections.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s2\">\u201cI don\u2019t know, and I don\u2019t believe it will go well. I say \u2018I don\u2019t know\u2019 because everything depends on tomorrow\u2019s process and on the vote itself. I remain quite skeptical that the process will proceed properly. Friends and colleagues here tell me that everything will be fine,\u201d Cufaj said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s2\">\u201cI have doubts because there were major deviations in the local elections. I want to be optimistic, but we are dealing with a more complex approach\u2014both in terms of governing mentality and the cooperative approach of Mr. <\/span><span class=\"s1\">Albin Kurti<\/span><span class=\"s2\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s2\">If you look back at how he has acted as prime minister, both in relations with international partners and regional allies, we come to the conclusion that we are heading toward nothing other than a rather difficult confrontation that Kosovo will face with this governing mentality,\u201d he added.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former ambassador Beq\u00eb Cufaj, speaking on the program Balkan Talks with Franko Egro on Euronews Albania, commented on the elections set to be held this Sunday in Kosovo. During the discussion, Cufaj expressed skepticism, stressing that he does not believe the electoral process will go smoothly. According to him, these doubts also stem from irregularities [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":82099,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"video","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[163,1803],"tags":[150,243,151],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>\u201cI Have Doubts,\u201d Former Ambassador Says: Kosovo Elections May Not Go Well - Euronews Albania<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/i-have-doubts-former-ambassador-says-kosovo-elections-may-not-go-well\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"\u201cI Have Doubts,\u201d Former Ambassador Says: Kosovo Elections May Not Go Well - Euronews Albania\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Former ambassador Beq\u00eb Cufaj, speaking on the program Balkan Talks with Franko Egro on Euronews Albania, commented on the elections set to be held this Sunday in Kosovo. 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