Kosovo ex-rebel claims third term, turnout reflects frustrations


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  • Monday, 09 Jun 2014

Kosovo's Prime Minister Hashim Thaci gestures at the polling station in the capital city Pristina June 8, 2014.. REUTERS/Hazir Reka

PRISTINA (Reuters) - Kosovo's ruling party of Prime Minister Hashim Thaci claimed a third term on Sunday in an election marked by a low turnout among Kosovars frustrated with widespread poverty and corruption.

With votes from 70 percent of polling stations counted, Thaci's Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK) held 30 percent, ahead of its arch rival in the Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK) with 26 percent.

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