Kosovo was visited for the first time by a president from the Baltic state of Latvia. Eglis Levits was welcomed by President Vjosa Osmani, who at a joint press conference asked Latvia for support for NATO membership, as a member of the Alliance. Levits said that his country supports Kosovo not only in NATO membership,… Continue reading Latvian President: We support Euro-Atlantic aspirations of Kosovo
Dozens of U.S. NATO peacekeepers patrolled northern Kosovo on Thursday to preserve calm after Kosovo announced that around 50,000 ethnic Serbs in the region would have to switch their car license plates to local ones within two months. Kosovo, which is predominantly ethnic Albanian, has sought to compel Serbs to accept Pristina’s authority in routine… Continue reading Kosovo pushes ahead with car licensing rule resisted by Serbs
A day before Kosovo and Serbia start reciprocity for waiving the issuance of entry-exit documents for their citizens who cross the border between the two states, Serbia has placed an announcement at border crossing points. At the border crossing point between Kosovo and Serbia, in Jarinje, on the Serbian side, notices have been placed stating… Continue reading A day before the start of reciprocity for documents, Serbia with notification at the border
Kosovo’s chief negotiator, Besnik Bislimi, held a trilateral meeting with Serbian counterpart Petar Petkovic and EU Special Representative, Miroslav Lajcak, but no final license agreement has been signed. According to Deputy Prime Minister Bislimi, the Serbian side did not present its preference in the working groups and did not accept that the task of resolving… Continue reading No agreement in Brussels, Bislimi shows what he offered in the last moments
Today expires the deadline for Kosovo and Serbia to reach a final agreement on the license plates of Serbian and Kosovar vehicles entering and leaving the borders of the two countries. The European Union’s special envoy for dialogue, Miroslav Lajcak, on April 20 urged that it was up to the chief negotiators of Kosovo and… Continue reading Today is the deadline to reach a license plate agreement between Kosovo and Serbia
The President of Kosovo, Vjosa Osmani, said that international pressure should be put on Serbia in order to reach an agreement on the persons who disappeared violently during the war in Kosovo. Osmani made these comments while paying homage in front of the obelisk in Pristina dedicated to missing persons, on the International Day of… Continue reading Osmani: We expect international pressure on Serbia for the agreement on the forcibly disappeared
Pranvera Hyseni was only 4 years old during the war in Kosovo, when a package from the United States of America came to her house. Inside the package was a toy and a postcard sent by an American woman, Thelma Archer, who had sent gift packages to children around the world as part of “Samaratian’s… Continue reading 23 Years later, Pranvera Hyseni met the American woman who send her a card and a toy during the war in Kosovo
The European Parliament has reiterated its call for visa liberalization for Kosovo and, on the other hand, for the normalization of relations between Kosovo and Serbia, in order for both countries to advance towards the European Union. These calls are included in the texts of the draft reports on Kosovo and Serbia, which were provided… Continue reading The European Parliament reiterates its call for visa liberalization for Kosovo
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz says he is “committed” to the enlargement of the European Union to include the six countries of the Western Balkans, as well as Ukraine, Moldova, and ultimately Georgia, declaring that the “center of Europe is moving eastwards.” “Their EU accession is in our interest,” Scholz said on August 29 in a… Continue reading Germany’s Scholz Backs EU Expansion To Include Western Balkans, As ‘Center Of Europe Is Moving Eastwards’
Freedom House has published a report on the level of democracy in Kosovo. In the report of the organization “Freedom House” for Countries in Transition, published on Wednesday, Kosovo is again ranked in the group of hybrid regimes / transitional democracies. On a rating scale from 1 to 7 points, where 1 is the lowest… Continue reading Freedom House publishes report: Kosovo makes progress in democracy
