By Fatos Bytyci and Edward McAllister PRISTINA (Reuters) -Polls opened in Kosovo on Sunday after a combative election campaign in which opposition candidates clashed with Prime Minister Albin Kurti over the economy,

Kosovars voted Sunday in parliamentary elections that could determine who will lead the Kosovo side in negotiations with Serbia, which stalled last year. Prime Minister Albin Kurti's party

Voters began casting ballots in Kosovo elections Sunday in a contest that pits combative incumbent Prime Minister Albin Kurti's quest to stamp out Serbian influence against a fractured opposition's vo

Kosovo's ruling Vetevendosje party is on track to come first in a parliamentary election on Sunday, but it will need to negotiate a coalition with other parties to form a government, exit polls and party vote count showed.

In Kosovo's parliamentary election, Prime Minister Albin Kurti's party emerged victorious but lacked the majority needed to govern alone. Ties with Serbia remain strained, and foreign funding is uncertain for the economically struggling nation.

"As ever, with Kosovo, the key issue is the relationship with Serbia, and the relationship with its Serbian minority, which is about 4 to 8 percent of the population," FRANCE 24's Rob Parsons said in an analysis.

Kosovo looked set for a period of political uncertainty on Monday as the major political parties ruled out coalition building after an election in which the ruling party fell short of an outright majority.

PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — Kosovo Prime Minister Albin Kurti’s leftist party won the most seats in the parliamentary election, but was left without a majority in the house, forcing it to look for an ally to form the next government, according to preliminary results released Monday.

Kosovo Prime Minister Albin Kurti’s left-wing party has won the most seats in the parliamentary election, but was left without a majority, forcing it to look for an ally to form the next government, preliminary results show.