In an opinion piece for the paper, the US Ambassador Greg Delawie says that 2015 was a year of successes and also challenges for Kosovo. The positive developments include the signing of the Stabilisation and Association Agreement (SAA) with the EU, finalization of the stand-by agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF), as well as agreements with Serbia on normalization of relations. In addition, Kosovo in December received the news of having been qualified for programmes of the Millennium Challenge Corporation. “All these are significant developments that will help Kosovo in having a brighter future,” Delawie writes. As for the challenges, “they are clear for all of us”: unemployment, slow pace of European integration, corruption, and the release of teargas by opposition MPs. “Ahead of 2016, Kosovo needs to choose which way it wants to pursue,” he writes. Will it continue its path towards European integration and democratization or will it decide to follow another path that leads to nationalism, xenophobia and stagnation.