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MPs in both Kosovo and Albania on Thursday adopted declarations in support of the four former guerilla KLA leaders, including Thaci, whose trial for war crimes in The Hague is coming to an end.
Kosovo, Bulgaria and Turkey have signed the Board of Peace Charter, under Donald Trump’s auspices, but several other Balkan countries are still pondering whether to join the initiative.
A small neighbourhood in central Albania became a new home for many ethnic Albanians who left today’s Kosovo and North Macedonia in the 1930s. Residents recount tales of their ancestors who settled there and the locals’ hospitality.
A protest planned for Friday in Tirana – against the Hague war crimes court's trial of former Kosovo President Hashim Thaci – has reignited feuding between Albania's premier Edi Rama and the biggest party in Kosovo.
Many bilateral agreements signed between Albania and Kosovo over the past 11 years remain unimplemented, despite both countries hailing them as important steps towards collaboration and economic development.
