Republican parties in Albania, Serbia and Kosovo agreed to form a regional forum following a meeting in Tirana - at which the Serbian party chief apologised for the death toll in Kosovo.
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The controversy over a new special court intended to prosecute former KLA guerrillas for serious crimes committed during and after the 1998-99 war with Serbian forces continued to simmer throughout 2015.
http://www.balkaninsight.com/en/article/kosovo-feels-the-pressure-over-new-war-court-12-23-2015
A Montenegrin parliamentary committee has backed confirmation of the border agreement with Kosovo and a vote on the issue could take place by the end of this year.
http://www.balkaninsight.com/en/article/montenegro-to-seal-border-deal-with-kosovo-12-22-2015
Political leaders from Kosovo and Serbia might be talking to each other in Brussels, but the two societies are not communicating at all, a debate in Pristina heard.
You can buy a business off Europe’s youngest state – but that doesn’t always mean you can have it.
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European Parliament vice-president Ulrike Lunacek said Foreign Minister Hashim Thaci was wrong to blame the EU for Kosovo’s failure to secure a visa-free regime because Pristina still has more work to do.
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Around 200 Kosovo Albanians rallied in Decan/Decani in western Kosovo, demanding that disputed land should not be given to a Serbian Orthodox monastery.
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Foreign Minister Hashim Thaci said the EU's decision to refuse to scrap visas for citizens of Kosovo was provocative and an insult the country.
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Leaders voiced shock and dismay after the EU said the next countries to be offered visa liberalisation would be Ukraine and Georgia - once again leaving Kosovo out in the cold.
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Opposition MPs disrupted the Kosovo parliament again by setting off tear gas - the latest in a series of violent incidents sparked by anger at agreements with Serbia and Montenegro.
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