Poverty, graft test Kosovo ex-rebel's bid for third term


  • World
  • Sunday, 08 Jun 2014

Kosovo Prime Minister Hashim Thaci speaks during a campaign rally in Gjakova June 2, 2014. REUTERS/Hazir Reka

PRISTINA (Reuters) - Kosovo voted in an election on Sunday marked by voter frustration over poverty and corruption six years after seceding from Serbia, testing ex-guerrilla Hashim Thaci's bid for a third term as prime minister.

Some analysts expect the closest race since 46-year-old Thaci presided over Kosovo's Western-backed declaration of independence in 2008.

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