Kosovo elections: ruling Vetevendosje party loses majority, initial results show

Result means prime minister Albin Kurti's leftwing party will have to form a coalition

Kosovo's ruling Vetevendosje party was on track to win the country's parliamentary election, but will need to negotiate a coalition with other parties to form a government, exit polls and preliminary results showed.

With 73% of the votes counted, prime minister Albin Kurti's leftist Self-Determination Movement Party, or Vetevendosje, had won 41.99%.