Fake German Media Consensus in Kosovo Exposed

Kosovo outlets amplify Berliner Zeitung’s pro-Russian framing, creating a false German media consensus that manipulates narratives, undermining journalistic independence & shaping pro-Serbian agenda.

On Sunday morning, the Albin Kurti-led government formation attempt in Kosovo fell short once again¹. After more than an hour’s delay, the 120-seat parliament assembled, and the vote on Kurti’s proposed cabinet returned only 56 in favour, 52 against, with four abstentions, well below the 61 required. According to the German daily Berliner Zeitung, this was less an isolated setback than “a symptom of a deeper political crisis” in Kosovo, where “institutional blockades and party-political trench warfare” have paralysed the state for over nine months. The paper underlined that Kurti, who has served as prime minister since 2020, remains head of the strongest political force, Vetëvendosje, yet his uncompromising and confrontational approach has rendered him nearly coalition-impossible. Opposition parties such as the Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK) and the Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK) have refused to engage, while the Serbian minority bloc, Srpska Lista, has rejected any government it …