BEIJING, Sept. 16 (Xinhua) -- China respects Serbia's sovereignty and territorial integrity on the Kosovo issue, and believes that the security and lawful rights and interests of ethnic Serbs in the Kosovo region should be upheld, a Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson said on Monday. It is ...
The paper seeks to address the issue not primarily as one of the Kosovar Albanians' 'right to self-determination', but as a challenge to Serbia to redefine its national identity and statehood in light of the impasse of its traditional national agenda, and the new opportunities that EU ...
Kosovo declared independence in 2008, a move recognised by most western nations, butBelgrade still considers its former provincean inalienable part of Serbia and issues Kosovo Serbs IDs and licence plates among other services. Serbs in Kosovo have erected barricades in protest several times in recen...
A land swap between Kosovo and Serbia could trigger a chain reaction in the Balkans, spelling the end for a number of former Yugoslav countries – and give a new reason for the US to keep troops in Europe, analysts have told RT.
Serbia is lobbying for the withdrawal of Kosovo recognition among African, Asian, and Latin American countries, sources tell Kosovo Online, following announcements that two more countries might soon join the list of those who have shifted their position in favor of Belgrade. After these two, it ...
The EU plan does not commit Serbia to acknowledging an independent Kosovo but it would recognise documents such as passports, diplomas and licence plates. Serbia would also not block Kosovo's membership of international bodies. A tough issue for talks on the implementation annex, where ...
While Kosovo is determined to gain full recognition of its sovereignty, Serbia is under pressure to resolve the issue in order to move forward in its bid to join the EU. A final accord will need to resolve numerous thorny disputes, including the status of Serb-populated parts of Kosovo, ...
Hopes of a breakthrough had been relatively high after a territory swap had been suggested as part of a package to normalize relations between Serbia and its former province of Kosovo. Only after the two sides have patched up their differences do they stand a chance of becoming a member of ...
Nationalities Papers 43(1): 102-121.Beha, Adem. "Disputes over the 15-point Agreement on Normalization of Relations between Kosovo and Serbia." The Journal of Nationalism and Ethnicity, Vol. 43, Issue 1, 2015: 102-121
He also said it was wrong of the West to focus so much on one issue when there was a broad range of agreements between Serbia and Kosovo that Belgrade had failed to honour. Kurti said one such commitment was to open the main bridge in the ethnically divided northe...