Polls opened in Kosovo on Sunday after a combative election campaign in which opposition candidates clashed with Prime Minister Albin Kurti over the economy, corruption and relations with the country's old foe and neighbour Serbia.

Voters in Kosovo will elect a new parliament on Sunday. Though the conflict with Serbia dominates headlines about Kosovo both at home and abroad, young voters want politicians to focus on other issues,

Election fever gripped the airport in Kosovo's capital Pristina as waves of travellers returned home to vote in Sunday's election, with the governing party hoping the ballots cast by citizens living abroad will prove pivotal.