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As the EU awaits final approval for plans to set up ‘return hubs’ in third countries for migrants awaiting deportation, it’s predicted that Balkan countries could end up hosting such holding centres despite concerns about human rights violations.
Many ethnic Albanian artists fled their homes during the 1998-99 Kosovo war, leaving behind large collections of their work.
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.
