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Foreign Minister Donika Gërvalla on Thursday said she had officially submitted Kosovo's application for membership in the Council of Europe.
Some opposition members of the city council have criticized the decision, saying 99 years is far too long for one festival.
While Kosovo’s institutions celebrated Europe Day this week, many of its citizens expressed frustration over their continued inability to travel to the rest of the continent.
Preliminary excavations have begun at a mine near the town of Sjenica in southern Serbia, where experts are searching for the bodies of people who went missing during the 1998-99 Kosovo war.
Fahrije Hoti, whose struggle to rebuild her life after her husband disappeared during wartime became the subject of a feature film, was given the award by the European Union’s office in Kosovo.
