On the evening of December 2, 2025, after the 87th session, the Central Electoral Commission (CEC) of Kosovo announced that it had confirmed 22 political entities for participation in the early parliamentary elections, which will take place on December 28, 2025.

It is worth mentioning here, that of the 24 political entities (18 political parties, 3 coalitions, 2 civic initiatives and one independent candidate) that had applied, between November 24-30, to participate in the elections, only two political parties were denied participation. The Albanian political formation The Social-Democratic Initiative (whose leader is the well-known politician, Fatmir Limaj) met all the criteria, except for the required list of signatures, and the well-known political formation representing the Serbian minority in Kosovo, the "Serbian List" did not receive enough votes to be accepted for participation in the early parliamentary elections planned to take place on December 28, 2025.

The Director of the CEC Secretariat, Besnik Buzhala, clarified some pieces of information with regard to the NISMA party, stressing that: “Among the political entities that applied is NISMA and, according to the announcement of the Office for Registration, Certification and Financial Control of Political Entities, this political entity met all other criteria, except for the signature list. After completing the signature list, the political entity will be subject to certification by the CEC. The political entity was given a deadline to complete the signature list by December 3, 2025, 12:00.”

The fact that the Serbian List was not certified for participation in the elections led to a chain of negative reactions from international actors. Among the first reactions was that of the EU office in Kosovo, Jonathan Hargreaves, the British ambassador to Kosovo, and the OSCE mission in Kosovo, which considered the decision to be “clear deviation from internationally accepted electoral standards”.

Since the early evening of December 2, the press in Pristina reported that the CEC had not certified the Serbian List for the upcoming early parliamentary elections on December 28. According to what we have already witnessed, the Movement for Self-Determination (led by the well-known politician Albin Kurti) voted against, while the other Albanian parties abstained. The CEC President, Krešnik Radoniqi, and the only Serbian member voted in favor of certifying the Serbian List’s participation in the electoral process on December 28, which means that there were two votes against, two in favor and seven abstentions.