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Georgia, Kosovo, Ukraine’s Visa-Free Access to EU Delayed (The Wall Street Journal)

By   /  10/06/2016  /  International  /  No Comments

Hopes in Georgia, Ukraine and Kosovo that the European Union would approve their visa-free access to the bloc by the summer have faded in recent days amid a raft of new concerns raised by the bloc’s biggest member states. http://www.wsj.com/articles/georgia-kosovo-ukraines-visa-free-access-to-eu-delayed-1465486485

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Netherlands to Host Kosovo War Crimes Court (Wall Street Journal)

By   /  18/01/2016  /  International  /  No Comments

The Dutch government has agreed to set up a special court in The Hague to try alleged war crimes committed in Kosovo in the late 1990s. http://www.wsj.com/articles/netherlands-to-host-kosovo-war-crimes-court-1452910313  

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UNMIK Headlines 26 August

By   /  26/08/2015  /  UNMIK Media Reports - Morning Edition  /  No Comments

• One accord on Association/Community, two interpretations (Koha Ditore)
• Mogherini confirms agreements between Pristina and Belgrade (dailies)
• Thaci: Serbia has recognised Kosovo as a country (Epoka e Re)
• Jahjaga: Agreements strengthen Kosovo’s sovereignty (Telegrafi)
• Vetevendosje warns of worsening situation in Kosovo (dailies)
• Thaci for WSJ: I will cooperate with special court (RTK)
• Kurz: EU doesn’t want to import unresolved issues (Koha Ditore)

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Serbia and Kosovo Take Step Toward Reconciliation (WSJ)

By   /  26/08/2015  /  International  /  No Comments

erbia and Kosovo, which fought a war in the late 1990s, took another step toward reconciliation Tuesday with a deal that, among other things, will allow Kosovars to have their own country code. The agreement, brokered by European Union foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini, also grants more rights to Serb communities living in the north of Kosovo, […]

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Macedonia Becomes Latest Stage for Russian Tensions With the West (WSJ)

By   /  02/06/2015  /  International  /  No Comments

The small Balkan country of Macedonia is turning into an unexpected stage for tension between Moscow and the West. A year and a half after antigovernment protests broke out in the Ukrainian capital of Kiev, similar scenes are playing out on the streets of Skopje, Macedonia: Tens of thousands of protesters have swarmed the city’s […]

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EU, NATO, U.N. Call for Calm in Macedonia (The Wall Street Journal)

By   /  12/05/2015  /  International  /  No Comments

The European Union, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and the head of the United Nations called for calm in Macedonia after weekend events that left eight police and 14 civilians dead. The government said over the weekend that the deaths occurred in an “antiterrorist operation” that was launched against one of the “most dangerous terrorist groups […]

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Report Criticizes EU Kosovo Mission’s Handling of Corruption Allegations (WSJ)

By   /  15/04/2015  /  International  /  No Comments

The European Union’s law-and-order mission in Kosovo didn’t attempt to cover up allegations of corruption in its own ranks, but its handling of the accusations has damaged the credibility of the bloc’s largest civilian operation outside the EU, according to an expert report. The report, commissioned by the EU’s foreign-policy chief, Federica Mogherini, and presented on Tuesday, […]

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Germany Grapples With Surge of Migrants From Kosovo (Wall Street Journal)

By   /  20/02/2015  /  International  /  No Comments

GERMERING, Germany— Valmir Sahiti, 25 years old, has spent the last two weeks living in a nursing home in the long-shot hope of a new life. Mr. Sahiti, an asylum-seeker from Kosovo, is staying with five relatives in a makeshift refugee center set up on several turquoise-carpeted empty floors of the home. He says he […]

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Serbia and Kosovo Resume Talks After 10-Month Gap (WSJ)

By   /  10/02/2015  /  International  /  No Comments

Negotiations Are Key to Serbia and Kosovo’s Efforts to Advance on Path Toward European Union Membership BRUSSELS—High-level reconciliation talks between Serbia and Kosovo resumed Monday after close to a year, as the two prime ministers met with European Union foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini in Brussels. The resumption of talks for the first time since […]

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Kosovo’s Thaci: EU’s Mogherini Needed for Serbia Talks to Succeed (WSJ)

By   /  19/12/2014  /  International  /  No Comments

Federica Mogherini, the European Union’s foreign-policy chief, must stay directly involved in talks between Kosovo and Serbia if the dialogue is to succeed, Hashim Thaci, the country’s foreign minister, said Thursday. To lock in the reconciliation between the two former foes, Kosovo and Serbia should also start work on a second agreement in the new […]

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EU is seeking to advance two key initiatives in the Balkans (Wall Street Journal)

By   /  16/12/2014  /  International  /  No Comments

The European Union is seeking to advance two key initiatives in the Balkans in the next couple of months, senior officials said Monday. EU enlargement chief Johannes Hahn said he now hopes for a political breakthrough in Bosnia by early February, which could reopen the country’s path toward eventual EU membership. Meanwhile, EU foreign policy […]

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Kosovo Arrests 40 Suspected Islamist Militants (WSJ)

By   /  12/08/2014  /  International  /  No Comments

By Laurence Norman Updated Aug. 11, 2014 11:18 a.m. ET Kosovo launched a major operation Monday morning against suspected domestic militants who have fought in Syria and Iraq, arresting at least 40 people and seizing weapons and explosives in dozens of locations, authorities said. The move is the biggest action yet against suspected militants in […]

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