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6 days ago · Defending a series of moves by Pristina that have stripped Belgrade of influence over aspects of life in Kosovo, Albin Kurti told the Financial Times in an interview that his policies were aimed ...
Jan 25, 2021 · Thirteen years after Kosovo broke away from Serbia, the two countries remain mired in mutual non-recognition, with deleterious effects on both. The parties need to move past technicalities to tackle the main issues at stake: Pristina’s independence and Belgrade’s influence over Kosovo’s Serbian minority.
Aug 14, 2018 · Belgrade and Pristina began negotiating under EU auspices in 2011, trying to settle issues such as control over Kosovo’s energy infrastructure, freedom of movement and, crucially, the future...
- Persisting Disagreement
- Some Achievements, But The Past Lies Too Heavily
- State of Play
- What’s Next
A recent study of the International Crisis Groupstates that during the last 10 years Kosovo and Serbia “have agreed on many points but disagree on the most significant matter that divides them: Kosovo’s independence”. The country was granted independence from Serbia in 2008 as a direct result of the continuous atrocities and genocide inflicted on i...
There have been numerous achievements between the two countries in the framework of the first phase of the Berlin Process (2014-2018), but they have been limited to “soft” areas such as youth and civil society organisations, people-to-people connectivity and culture. The Berlin Process has operated mainly on the basis of voluntary engagement by par...
The EU has continued to support the fraught Dialogue, even when talks between Belgrade and Pristina stalled from 2018 to 2020 due to Kosovo’s introduction of 100% tariffs on goods from Serbia and Bosnia-Herzegovina. The EU’s efforts to reconcile the two parties recommenced in July 2020, aided by a vague agreement signed in Washington in September 2...
All eyes are now on the United States, as it seems that the new Biden administration will add much new impetus in the Western Balkans, especially to the Belgrade-Pristina dialogue.Everybody expects, at least, that the recent competition between the EU and the US to influence the process will stop, as it benefits neither party. There is a lot of hop...
May 7, 2023 · Serbs in Kosovo say they are willing to talk — but feel as if both Pristina and Belgrade exclude them from discussions about their future.
Oct 28, 2023 · “The current political impasse, with its impact on the security and well-being of the population, can only be overcome through compromise that should be worked out in the dialogue between ...
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Aug 4, 2022 · Tension has flared between Kosovo’s ethnic Serbs and the government in Pristina – a worrying development 14 years after Kosovo declared independence from Serbia.
