Kosovo has now come of age. On February 17th, it celebrated 18 years since the country declared its independence from Serbia. In those 18 years, the youngest country in Europe has achieved recognition from 121 states, including most members of the European Union. with the exception of SpainGreece, Romania, Slovakia, and Cyprus.

At seven in the evening, the polling stations in Kosovo closed. By that time, only two voting-related incidents had been reported nationwide: the detention of five Serbian citizens attempting to illegally cross the border—among them a former member of the Serbian army—and the arrest of another man accused of a different offense. By eight in the evening, 50% of the votes had been counted. The significant lead of the Albanian nationalist party Self-Determination (VV) was already clear, and its voters were celebrating in the streets, as there was a 30% margin over the second-place party.

"As president, it is my duty to set the longest possible timeframe, not the shortest, to mitigate the challenges posed by organizing elections," said Vjosa Osmani, president of Kosovo, in response to criticism for setting the country's parliamentary elections for December 28, in the middle of the Christmas holidays. Last February, Vetëvendosje (VV), Prime Minister Albin Kurti's party, won the parliamentary elections with 42.3% of the vote, but did not achieve the necessary majority to govern. He failed to garner enough support to form a government on his own. Since then, he has been unable to negotiate with the various factions and has kept Parliament paralyzed for more than seven months. In April, the VV party nominated Albulena Haxhiu as Speaker of the House and refused to change the nominee, even though he did not receive the support of the rest of Parliament. This effectively blocked the Assembly for months. Faced with the VV's "stubbornness," the Constitutional Court had to intervene to force the House to elect a Speaker within 30 days; by then it was already July. Finally, Dimal Basha, a member of the VV party, was elected as the new Speaker of Parliament. This was supposed to pave the way for the formation of a new government. But on October 26, Kurti again failed to form a new government. Osmani did not announce a new election until November 20, almost a month later. According to Kosovo's Constitution, after a second failed parliamentary election, the President of the Republic must dissolve the Assembly and call new elections, which must be held within a maximum of 40 days. The VV (Vietëvendosje) has managed to extend this deadline in order to choose a date that, it seems, could benefit them.

The European Union's tendency to outsource complex social problems to third countries has continued to grow in recent years. While The agreement between Italy and Albania to detain migrants awaiting asylum in detention centers While Denmark was attracting international attention, another pact between Denmark and Kosovo went more quietly.

According to Televisión Española (RTVE), Spain was not playing against Kosovo, but more specifically against the "Football Federation of Kosovo" or "the territory of Kosovo". Anything to avoid giving the Balkan state a normal name and, directly or indirectly, recognising its independence. Politics was the main protagonist of a match that the Spanish team played at the Cartuja stadium, a qualifier for the World Cup in Qatar, and which they ended up winning 3-1.