Acting Prime Minister Albin Kurti has stated that Serbia’s interference in the electoral process in Kosovo is more severe than Russia’s in Europe.

This statement from Kurti comes after the President of Serbia, Aleksandar Vučić, promised 400 jobs for Serbs in Kosovo.

In today’s session of the acting government, Kurti said that attempts to influence voters through financial incentives, conditioning and blackmail of social benefits, and statements by Serbian state officials that only the Serbian List protects Serbia in Kosovo — as recently stated by the former Serbian Prime Minister and also by President Vučić himself — are repeated methods of Serbia’s interference in Kosovo’s electoral process.

Furthermore, Kurti said that interference in the elections of other states constitutes a form of undermining democracy and sovereignty.

“There is no other way to classify them except as interference in the municipal elections of October in the Republic of Kosovo. Promises of jobs, attempts to influence through financial incentives, conditioning and blackmail of social benefits, and statements by Serbian state officials that only the Serbian List protects Serbia in Kosovo — as recently made by the former Serbian Prime Minister and also by President Vučić himself — are repeated methods of Serbia’s interference in Kosovo’s electoral process. The EU Election Observation Mission in the parliamentary elections on 9 February 2025 had documented Serbia’s interference in our elections. Interference in the elections of other states is a form of undermining the democracy and sovereignty of that state,” said Kurti.

Kurti added that the EU Election Observation Mission in the 9 February parliamentary elections had documented Serbia’s interference, and according to him, the reason Serbia has not changed its behavior is that it has faced no consequences from the EU for this issue.

He called on the EU to condemn Serbia’s interference in Kosovo’s democratic elections and to sanction it for actions that violate the principles of good neighborliness and the basic Brussels agreement.

“Serbia has faced no consequences from the European Union, which is why it has not changed its behavior. The interference Serbia is now carrying out in Kosovo’s elections is even more severe than Russia’s in Europe. We call on the EU to condemn the official Belgrade’s interference in Kosovo’s democratic elections and to sanction Serbia for actions that violate the principles of good neighborliness and breach the basic Brussels agreement,” said Kurti.

A day earlier, Vučić, through electoral manipulation, involved himself in the local elections in Kosovo to be held on 12 October, in which the Serbian List — an extension of his regime — is running.

He claimed that within 10 days, they would open “400 jobs.”