The paper’s correspondent from Brussels, Augustin Palokaj, writes that Kosovo has recently been in international media for three things: the first has to do with EULEX and serious allegations of corruption within its staff, the second is the institutional stalemate and the third aspect is related to the Kosovo youths going to fight in the Syrian conflict. None of the above topics is pleasant for Kosovo and none can help it in its aspirations to build a democratic and functional state. Palokaj notes that there can be no investment in a place where politicians are incapable and are suspected of corruption and organised crime, where the courts are believed to be controlled by politics and where the EU mission is suspected to have corrupt senior officials. “And all this at a time when Kosovo youths are increasingly losing hope for their future and a part of them are falling prey to different extremism propaganda”, writes Palokaj. However, despite all the negative developments, Kosovo still has sincere allies who continue to lobby for lifting of EU visa regime and more recognitions of Kosovo independence, adds Palokaj. These friends though also criticize Kosovo when it fails to meet certain criteria and when it intentionally fails to carry out election reform or when it politicizes the judiciary. For a while now, these friends are facing the dilemma of how to continue supporting Kosovo and not have this being viewed as a support for Kosovo’s corrupt politicians. The same dilemma is also faced by staunch supporters of EULEX who now don’t want to stay silent in face of the mission’s mistakes. “It should be stressed that Kosovo will continue needing this mission but it should carry out the work which it has been tasked with and not become part of politization of investigative and judicial authorities in this country”, points out Palokaj.