United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo
Kurti's message to Serbia: "Everything depends on you"
This is what Kosovo Prime Minister Albin Kurti said on the occasion of the upcoming meeting on August 18 in Brussels with Serbian President Aleksandar Vui, Koha reported.
Kurti stated that the agreement depends on the Serbian side, because the Kosovo side is ready and unwavering for mutual recognition.
Kurti: "Third World War in the Balkans? Very likely. Serbs have two-month deadline"
As he said, considering what Russia has done with Ukraine, it would be irresponsible to say otherwise.
"I wouldn't say that the risk is very high, because we also have a NATO contingent here, but it is certainly high. We are a democracy that has autocracy at the borders," Kurti said.
Borrell: Kosovo to establish the CSMs as soon as possible
However, it does not have the possibility to "force" Kosovo to do it, it follows from the answer of the head of EU diplomacy, Josep Borrell, to the parliamentary question "what will be done regarding Kosovo's refusal to form the CSMs".
Kosovo’s Draft Security Strategy under Fire
Experts and opposition politicians have questioned the standard of Kosovo's latest draft national security strategy.
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EU Kosovo Mission ‘Unaffected’ by UK Payout to Whistleblower
EULEX has insisted that the financial settlement agreed by its former prosecutor turned whistleblower Maria Bamieh with the UK government does not have anything to do with the European rule-of-law mission in Kosovo because Bamieh's corruption allegations against EULEX were dismissed four years ago.
EU Envoy Sets 2024 Deadline for Kosovo-Serbia Deal
Days after the European Union gave Slovak diplomat Miroslav Lajcak two more years in his post as EU envoy on the Kosovo-Serbia dialogue and Western Balkans issues, Lajcak has set spring 2024 as the deadline for when the two foes have to finally normalize their tense relations.
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Albania PM to Submit Resolution in Strasbourg Against Marty Report
During a joint meeting on Monday in Pristina between the governments of Kosovo and Albania, Prime Minister Edi Rama said that he will personally submit a report to the Council of Europe in Strasbourg being prepared in Albania's parliament querying the Dick Marty report and what he alleged was its Russian influence.
How a British Judge Caused Turmoil at the EU’s Kosovo Mission
The end of 2017 was also the end of Malcolm Simmons' career as an international judge in the Balkans.
Crops and Carcinogens: Kosovo’s Market for Unsafe, Illegal Pesticides
The bloc's Chemical Agency had classified the fungicide as a carcinogen, meaning it causes cancer, and ruled it unsafe for use.
Three years later, in Kosovo, seven euros will buy a farmer enough Daconil for 10 litres of irrigation water, according to the findings of a BIRN investigation, even though the country removed it from its list of approved pesticides.
Vučić today with Scholz in Berlin
Today, the German Chancellor Scholz will also receive the Prime Minister of the Interim Institutions of Pristina, Albin Kurti, while he also invited the EU Envoy for Dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina, Miroslav Lajk, to those meetings.
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