Kosovo swears in Shiroka-Pula as president

1 week ago

Justina Shiroka-Pula has been sworn in as Kosovo's president, just hours after the parliament elected her in a vote that averted the possibility of snap elections. Shiroka-Pula received 81 of the 83 votes cast in Tuesday's late-night session, allowing the 120-seat parliament to avoid a dissolution that could have triggered an early election. In her address after the inauguration on Wednesday, Shiroka-Pula