<span style="color: #222222;">Voting centres opened in Kosovo today for national elections. The main issues for the country's 1.9 million eligible voters are tackling corruption and a peace deal with Serbia, which would pave the way for United Nations membership. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The elections, the fourth since Kosovo's declaration of independence in 2008, were called after Prime Minister Ramush Haradinaj resigned in July when he was summoned to appear before a war crimes court. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Haradinaj has been questioned over his role in the 1998-99 war as one of the commanders of the former Kosovo Liberation Army who fought for independence from Serbia.<br />'' <br />''The Democratic League for Kosovo and the nationalist, left-leaning Vetevendosje, are seen as front runners in the vote, along with the Democratic Party of Kosovo, the largest party in the current coalition.</span>