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10 Apr 13

Can International Justice Foster Reconciliation?

As the UN General Assembly debates the Hague Tribunal’s role in promoting reconciliation, there is a need for a deeper discussion about how international courts can contribute to lasting peace.

brussels-must-not-reward-serbia-with-membership-talks
09 Apr 13

Brussels Should Not Reward Serbia With Membership Talks

Europe should not offer Belgrade a start date for talks until it offers its own minorities the same privileges it demands for the Serbs in Kosovo.

serbian-deputy-pm-blamed-for-kosovo-stalemate
04 Apr 13

Serbian Deputy PM Blamed for Kosovo Stalemate

While Alexander Vucic is in the spotlight over the failed talks with Kosovo, broader disunity on the Kosovo issue within Serbia’s ruling coalition has also been blamed.

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02 Apr 13

Kosovo War Victims Not Ready for Serbia Reconciliation

Kosovo has started work on a reconciliation strategy, but relatives of victims of the war and its violent aftermath are sceptical that justice can be done, 14 years after the conflict ended.

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01 Apr 13

Spring Could Prove Fateful for EU Balkan Enlargement

Three upcoming reports will help determine the EU prospects of Kosovo, Serbia and Macedonia; of the three, the latter is causing by far the most concern.

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01 Apr 13

PDK Keeps Donations a Secret

If Hashim Thaci’s party flagrantly flouts the country’s law on financing, it is far from alone in doing so.

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28 Mar 13

Kosovo Partisans Set to Lose Their Memorial

As Kosovo dismantles its remaining Yugoslav-era heritage, the memorial to WW2 fighters is to make way for a complex dedicated to independence leader Ibrahim Rugova.

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21 Mar 13

Deadly Toll of Yugoslav Brigade’s Kosovo Attacks Revealed

A Yugoslav Army brigade’s military assaults on eight Kosovo villages that killed 885 people in 1999 have now been fully documented, but Serbia may never prosecute its commander.

diagnosing-kosovo
18 Mar 13

Diagnosing Kosovo

Hamza and Zizek’s “From Myth to Symptom: The Case of Kosovo” deconstructs the NATO intervention and independence.

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13 Mar 13

Kosovo Mulls Power and Phone Concessions in North

Chief negotiator says government supports having a Serb company administer power bills, and may legalise rogue phone operators.

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01 Mar 13

Hardline Kosovo Muslims Battle for Party Status

A hardline Islamic movement aims to become a political party, though some human rights groups say its aims are unconstitutional.

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28 Feb 13

Serb Monastery Dispute Raises Tensions in Kosovo

A bitter land dispute between an iconic Serbian Orthodox monastery and two Kosovo companies has sparked protests and threatened to damage fragile ethnic relations.

kosovo-s-war-veterans-plead-poverty-and-neglect
14 Feb 13

Kosovo’s War Veterans Plead Poverty and Neglect

Kosovo Liberation Army guerrillas believed they were fighting for freedom, but 14 years after the war with Serbian forces, some of Pristina’s ‘heroes’ are struggling for survival.

kosovo-mps-medals-plan-comes-under-fire
14 Feb 13

Kosovo MPs’ Medals Plan Comes Under Fire

Plans to hand out a new medal, the Order of Independence, on the fifth anniversary of Kosovo’s independence, have raised a number of tricky questions.

kosovo-party-keeps-elections-finances-secret
13 Feb 13

Kosovo Party Keeps Elections Finances Secret

Kosovo’s ruling party is refusing to disclose all the funds it spent on internal polls, which observers say is par for the course.