Albanian, Serbian Leaders Collide Over Kosovo Recognition (Bloomberg)
By Gordana Filipovic and Misha Savic – Nov 10, 2014 Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic rejected an appeal by his Albanian counterpart Edi Rama to recognize Kosovo’s independence in the first visit by an Albanian leader in almost seven decades. Rama, the first Albanian senior official to visit Serbia since Cold War-era leader Enver Hoxha […]
Read More →EU Urges Serbia to Fulfill Kosovo Accords, Focus on Rule of Law (Bloomberg)
By Gordana Filipovic – Oct 8, 2014 The European Union said it is “crucial” for Serbia to work on normalizing relations with Kosovo and uphold the rule of law. The biggest former Yugoslav republic should implement “in good faith” all agreements reached with Kosovo, its breakaway province, for the accession talks to “proceed smoothly,” the […]
Read More →Kosovar Thaci Aims for Third Term as Stalemate Threatens Economy (Bloomberg)
Sep 12, 2014 – 13:02 Sept. 12 (Bloomberg) — Kosovar Prime Minister Hashim Thaci is sticking to his ambition of leading the six-year-old country for a third term following inconclusive snap elections, extending a political deadlock in one of Europe’s poorest state. The former rebel Kosovo Liberation Army leader’s Democratic Party of Kosovo is battling […]
Read More →Kosovo Premier Thaci’s Party Ahead in Preliminary Results (Bloomberg)
By Boris Cerni and Misha Savic – Jun 8, 2014 Prime Minister Hashim Thaci won Kosovo’s second parliamentary elections since independence from Serbia, according to early results, with voters seeking higher living standards in one of Europe’s poorest states. Thaci’s Democratic Party of Kosovo had 30 percent with 44 percent of the vote counted, the […]
Read More →Kosovo Chooses New Parliament as Economy and Serbia Weigh (Bloomberg)
By Boris Cerni and Misha Savic – Jun 6, 2014 Kosovo will hold a general election June 8 as the former Serbian province tries to lift an economy dependent on foreign aid and mend ties with its northern neighbor so both can accelerate European Union accession. Serbs in Kosovo’s north will vote for the first […]
Read More →Coal Versus Poverty in Kosovo Tests World Bank Clean-Air Pledge (Bloomberg)
By Sandrine Rastello – Jun 1, 2014 The smokestacks at Kosovo’s oldest power station tower over decaying buildings and a tangle of rusty pipes, polluting the Balkan countryside and posing the first test of the World Bank’s pledge to avoid coal. The half-century-old plant near the capital, Pristina, produces a third of the nation’s electricity […]
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