Srpska Lista Vice President Dalibor Jevtić has intensified the party’s political campaign against acting Prime Minister Albin Kurti, using claims about a so-called “Third Republic” and “Greater Albania” to portray Kurti’s political agenda as an existential threat to Kosovo’s Serb community.
Speaking to Serbia’s RTS, Jevtić accused Kurti of deliberately prolonging the political deadlock in the Kosovo Assembly in order to hold elections at a time that would benefit Vetëvendosje.
He claimed that Kurti is seeking more than 50 percent of the vote so that he could govern without political constraints and gain control over all levels of government.
Jevtić then invoked a familiar nationalist narrative, claiming that a stronger electoral victory for Kurti would allow him to establish what he called a “Third Republic.”
“In that so-called Third Republic, there would be no room for Serbs to live,” Jevtić said.
He went further, portraying the alleged project as a step toward what he described as Kurti and Vetëvendosje’s ultimate objective: a “Greater Albania.”
Jevtić did not provide evidence for the claim that Kurti is pursuing such an objective. The characterization echoes a broader narrative frequently promoted by Serbian political actors and pro-Serbian media, in which Kosovo government policies are presented as part of a long-term effort to marginalize or remove the Serb community from Kosovo.
Using the Serb community as a political argument
Jevtić also accused Kurti of seeking to “erase” everything Serbian from Kosovo, while presenting Srpska Lista as the principal political defender of the Serbian community.
His remarks came amid the continuing dispute over the election of deputy speakers of the Kosovo Assembly.
Srpska Lista is again expected to nominate Slavko Simić for the position, with Jevtić saying the party will not withdraw his candidacy.
The dispute has also centered on whether Srpska Lista representatives can speak in the Assembly explicitly “on behalf of the Serbian people,” an issue that has become another point of confrontation between the party and Kosovo’s institutions.
Jevtić described the recent parliamentary developments as another “slap” by Kurti against the international community and accused international actors of remaining silent over what he portrays as systematic pressure against Kosovo Serbs.
Rather than addressing the immediate institutional dispute on its own terms, Jevtić’s rhetoric places it within a much broader narrative of alleged ethnic and political erasure.
A familiar Srpska Lista narrative
The “Third Republic” and “Greater Albania” claims serve a clear political purpose: they transform a dispute over parliamentary procedures and representation into a much larger warning about the future of Kosovo’s Serbs.
By portraying Kurti as seeking unchecked power and linking that alleged ambition to the concept of “Greater Albania,” Jevtić reinforces Srpska Lista’s long-standing message that the Serbian community is facing an existential political threat.
The claims remain political allegations rather than established facts. Kurti and Kosovo institutions have rejected accusations that their policies are aimed at expelling or eliminating the Serbian community from Kosovo.
Jevtić’s intervention therefore represents less an explanation of the parliamentary deadlock than another attempt to frame Kurti as a threat to Serbs — a narrative that Srpska Lista has repeatedly used to mobilize political support among Kosovo Serbs and strengthen its confrontation with Prishtina.
