Milosevic lot Kosovo: Can Serbia let go? (Huffpost)
Serbia wants to join the European Union (EU). Brussels is clear: no EU membership for Serbia until it normalizes relations with Kosovo. Normalization means recognizing Kosovo’s independence. Kosovo rejected ties to Serbia in 1991, in response to Slobodan Milosevic’s draconian repression. More than 10,000 Kosovo Albanians died and up to one million were displaced during […]
Read More →Albanians are Reliable Allies (The Huffington Post)
David L. Phillips is Director of the Program on Peace-building and Rights at Columbia University’s Institute for the Study of Human Rights. He served as a Senior Adviser for Regional Stability to the State Department’s Bureau for European Affairs (1999-2001) Greater security cooperation with Albania and Kosovo would augment Europe’s existing security architecture, and advance […]
Read More →Kosovo Celebrates Joe Biden’s Late Son By Naming A Highway After Him (The Huffington Post)
Kosovo celebrated the contributions of Vice President Joe Biden’s late son, Beau, by dedicating a 22-mile national highway to the former Delaware attorney general. President Hashim Thaci and Prime Minister Isa Mustafa of Kosovo and members of the Biden family were in attendance at an emotional ceremony in the village of Sojeve on Wednesday. The Joseph R. “Beau” Biden […]
Read More →Kosovo: The Collateral Damage of Saudi’s Funding Extremist Ideology (The Huffington Post)
I interviewed Vlora Çitaku, the Kosovo Ambassador to the US about the NYTimes story published 21 May that portrayed Kosovo as “fertile ground for ISIS.” The article asserted that Gulf monies from Saudi, Kuwaiti, Emirati and Qataris have transformed Kosovo from a previously tolerant, secular nation to an intolerant, Wahabi dominated country. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/hiam-nawas-/kosovo-the-collateral-dam_b_10156972.html
Read More →Tear gas released in parliament by Kosovo opposition lawmakers (Reuters/Huffington Post)
Kosovo opposition lawmakers released tear gas in parliament on Friday, forcing the abandonment of this year’s first legislative session as part of a long-running protest against a deal to grant the country’s ethnic Serb minority more power. They have kept up their protests since the government signed an EU-brokered accord with Serbia in August giving the […]
Read More →Keeping Kosova on the Path Toward Democracy (The Huffington Post/Republika)
By Eliot Engel Representative from the 16th Congressional District of New York Witnessing Kosova’s move from war to peace and from tyranny to liberty has been among the most fulfilling aspects of my career as a public servant. The establishment of Kosova’s democratically-elected Assembly, its free and fair elections, and its system based on the rule […]
Read More →Turkey’s Islamist Agenda in Kosovo (The Huffington Post)
Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan addressed an audience in Prizren during an official visit to Kosovo in October 2013: “We all belong to a common history, common culture, common civilization. We are the people who are brethren of that structure. Do not forget, Turkey is Kosovo, Kosovo is Turkey!” http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-l-phillips/turkeys-islamist-agenda-i_b_8891634.html
Read More →Kosovo’s Battle for Clean Air and Energy (The Huffington Post)
Last year, $28 billion was collectively spent on climate finance from six large multilateral development banks (MDBs). That’s no small feat, but 2,100 new coal plants slated for construction worldwide threaten to push us over our global 2°C carbon budget: 276 gigawatts are currently under construction and another 1,000 gigawatts are in different planning stages. These are […]
Read More →Europe’s Silent Discrimination Against Kosovars (The Huffington Post)
Today, Kosovars carry the single most worthless passport in all of Europe. It allows them to travel to only 12 countries in the world without a visa. These include Albania, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, Turkey, Dominica, Ecuador, Gambia, Haiti, Micronesia, Niue, and St. Vincent and the Grenadines. However, Kosovars main travel destination is the European Union. […]
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