The long awaited decision of visa liberalization for Kosovars has been approved by the EU’s Council of Ministers. The decision brings to an end a decade-long wait for visa free travel within Schengen.
The third EU-mediated meeting for the Kosovo-Serbia dialogue between Kosovo PM, Albin Kurti and Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic has ended in Brussels with no concrete results.
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.
The European Commission’s 2020 Report on Kosovo stresses that political instability has held back implementation of European reforms, while highlighting the need to fight high level corruption.
Miroslav Lajcak has said that discussions over economic cooperation and missing and displaced persons have made “full progress” while negotiations on non-majority communities and disputed financial and property claims have now begun.
