Kosovo needs a new beginning (EurActiv)
Kosovo Assembly President and leader of the Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK), Kadri Veseli, writes in an op-ed ahead of the Western Balkans Six summit set to take place in July that in Kosovo too much time has been spent on the border demarcation with Montenegro and the Association/Community of Serb-majority municipalities which, although agreed […]
Read More →EU pushes Western Balkans toward common market (EurActiv)
The European Union yesterday (16 March) encouraged the Western Balkan countries to create a common market, which it estimated could create over 80,000 jobs in an area of high unemployment. http://www.euractiv.com/section/enlargement/news/eu-pushes-western-balkan-toward-common-market/
Read More →Brussels’ Balkan approach: Little carrot, broken stick (EurActiv)
Shpend Ahmeti, mayor of Pristina and member of Vetevendosje general council, writes in an opinion piece for EurActiv that the people of Kosovo are losing patience with EU and are accusing it of prioritising Serbian accession over their own sovereignty. “The question is raised whether the EU still has something to offer to the Western […]
Read More →Poll: Serbs unwilling to go to war over Kosovo (EurActiv)
Relations between Serbia and Kosovo may seem tense. But a new poll by an NGO shows that an overwhelming majority of Serbians wouldn’t support armed conflict in order to reclaim the province, which unilaterally declared independence in 2008. http://www.euractiv.com/section/enlargement/news/poll-serbs-not-willing-to-go-to-war-over-kosovo/
Read More →Tensions flare at Serbia-Kosovo meeting in Brussels (EurActiv)
Serbian and Kosovar leaders agreed to continue talks after a tense meeting in Brussels on Tuesday (24 January), which only succeeded in further antagonising the two sides. http://www.euractiv.com/section/enlargement/news/tensions-flare-at-serbia-kosovo-meeting/
Read More →Füle: If the EU disengages from the Balkans, others will engage ‘immediately’ (EurActiv, InSerbia)
Former Enlargement Commissioner Štefan Füle told an audience today (7 December) that if the EU distances itself from the Western Balkans, other geopolitical players will immediately seize the opportunity to assert their influence over the region. The ex-Commissioner, who now works as a special envoy to the Balkans for the Czech ministry of foreign affairs, […]
Read More →The EU must react to the erosion of democracy in Kosovo (EurActiv)
The EU helped shape Kosovo’s democracy. It should not stand by as that democracy is eroded by an increasingly authoritarian government, writes Andrea Lorenzo Capussela, author of State-Building in Kosovo: Democracy, Corruption and the EU in the Balkans. After the 1999 NATO intervention, Kosovo became a UN protectorate. In 2008, Washington and the main European powers […]
Read More →Kosovo still dreams of EU and NATO membership (EurActiv)
Kosovo’s foreign affairs minister has reaffirmed his country’s ambitions to join both NATO and the European Union, in an interview with EurActiv Spain. Speaking to Spanish journalists, Enver Hoxhaj outlined his country’s future plans for better relations with the EU and the Vatican, as well as ambitious plans to join NATO and the EU. However, […]
Read More →Kosovo warns against Serbia’s candidate for UN Secretary General (EurActiv)
Kosovo, a former Serbian province that declared independence in 2008, but is still unrecognised by Belgrade, has warned against the candidacy of Vuk Jeremić, a former Serbian foreign minister, for UN Secretary General. Protestors in Kosovo’s capital Pristina on Saturday (27 August) called Jeremić “the biggest anti-Albanian politician” and said that their country’s candidacy for […]
Read More →Thaçi: Why Kosovo and the Balkans found relief in Austria’s election result (Euractiv)
Opinion piece by Kosovo President, Hashim Thaçi I have sent my congratulations to President-elect Alexander Van Der Bellen and I look forward to working with him on the issues that unite our region with Vienna – the old capital of the Habsburg Empire – that has played a crucial role in our history, culture – […]
Read More →UNMIK Headlines 2 June
• EULEX’s mandate extended to 14 June 2018 (Koha)
• President Thaçi to visit Brussels next week (Koha)
• “Government has not enough votes to ratify demarcation deal” (Kosova Sot)
• Reuters: Visa liberalization for Kosovo postponed? (Epoka e Re)
• Mustafa: Law on Trepça will be finalized before November (Koha)
• “Women to lead fight against extremism” (Zeri)
• Two EP members want to stop Kosovo’s EU prospects due to Wahhabism (Koha)
• Thaçi: Why Kosovo and the Balkans found relief in Austria’s election result (Euractiv)
Kosovo Serbs worried about EU proposal for visa-free travel (EurActiv)
Kosovo Serbs voiced concerns on Thursday (5 May) about an EU proposal to allow visa-free travel for citizens of Kosovo, fearing it would force the Serb minority to recognize the territory’s disputed independence. http://www.euractiv.com/section/enlargement/news/kosovo-serbs-worried-about-eu-proposal-for-visa-free-travel/
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