Serbia expects Northern Macedonia to extradite Tomor Morina, accused of committing war crimes in 1999
This expectation is based on the legal acts and a bilaterally signed Agreement on extradition. Still, this will not be so simple, Deutsche Welle reports.
The summit in Paris, where the top representatives of Serbia and Kosovo were supposed to meet, in the presence of French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Angela Merkel, is postponed.
This was confirmed by the German government's press service for Deutsche Welle.
An armed conflict between Serbia and Kosovo is possible if their EU perspectives fade, a group of Balkan experts has said. But there are other more positive outcomes to ties between Belgrade and Pristina.
Stephan Albani, Bundestag MP from the Christian Democratic Union of Germany (CDU), warns that abrogation of the Special Court could lead to freezing of the EU perspective for Kosovo.
He said that he was very happy when German Chancellor Angela Merkel mentioned integration and support for Balkans among the main points of this legislature.
Former UN High Representative to Bosnia and Herzegovina, Christian Schwarz-Schilling, criticized the fact that five out of 27 EU countries have not recognized Kosovo.
“Europe is not capable to have a clear policy towards Serbia and Kosovo and this is a shame,” he reportedly said.
“This is an absolute egoism of these five countries. EU can never win war on democracy in this manner,” he said.
Solving the conflict between Serbia and Kosovo requires frank talks, says Austrian Balkans expert Wolfgang Petritsch. He believes Brussels must prioritize the relations of the western Balkan states with the EU.
DW: Mr. Petritsch, you say we are today presented with a historic opportunity to solve the Kosovo issue. What do you mean?
Kosovo is the country with the highest approval of US leadership in the world. But with the upcoming Trump presidency, Kosovars fear they will lose US support for their fragile state.
http://www.dw.com/en/kosovo-fears-for-us-ties-under-trump/a-37186938
Serbia's president has threatened to deploy the army if "Serbs are being killed" in Kosovo. A Kosovo-bound train covered in Serbian national symbols has escalated tensions in the region.
http://www.dw.com/en/serbia-warns-of-kosovo-intervention-amid-train-dispute/a-37139560
Kosovo's parliament has backed the demolition of a concrete wall in the northern city of Mitrovica. The Serb ethnic minority responsible for the wall's construction claims it was a barrier against landslides.
http://www.dw.com/en/kosovo-votes-to-pull-down-wall-raised-by-ethnic-serbs/a-36943878
Authorities in Kosovo have detained dozens of police officers after drivers filed complaints about traffic police asking them for bribes. The operation was part of a wider government crackdown on corruption.
http://www.dw.com/en/scores-of-kosovo-traffic-police-arrested-on-bribery-charges/a-36838032