Today marks the 11th anniversary of Kosovo’s independence. On February 17, 2008, elected deputies in Kosovo’s Assembly voted unanimously for Kosovo’s Declaration of Independence, vowing to defend the territorial integrity of the newest state in Europe.
Just over a decade later, discussions have been taking place about the possibility of this territory changing. During recent months, the words “border correction,” “border adjustment” and “territory exchange” have entered daily discourse, after Kosovar President Hashim Thaçi and Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić — heading up the EU-facilitated Brussels dialogue between the two states that is aimed at normalizing relations — began talking openly about the idea of redrawing borders.
The exact nature of any potential border change under consideration has never been transparently articulated, leaving citizens and commentators to come to their own conclusions; the most commonly discussed option is the swap of the Serb-majority northern Kosovo, with the Albanian-majority Presheva Valley in southern Serbia.
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