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Serb party quits the Kosovo government

March 27, 2018 Deutsche Welle Kosovo, Serbia

The Kosovo Serb minority party says it will withdraw from the Kosovo government after the dramatic arrest of a senior

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Europe 

Kosovo’s 10th anniversary of independence: Successes and failures

February 16, 2018February 16, 2018 Independent Balkan News Agency Kosovo, Serbia

On February 17, the Republic of Kosovo celebrates the 10th anniversary of its independence. In a decade, the state has built

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Bulgaria 

Ivanović murder will not stop normalisation of relations with Serbia, Kosovo president tells Borissov

January 17, 2018January 19, 2018 Independent Balkan News Agency Kosovo, Serbia

Kosovo president Hashim Thaçi has told Bulgaria’s prime minister that his country will not allow the January 16 murder of

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian PM Borissov condemns murder of Serb politician Ivanović in Kosovo

January 16, 2018January 17, 2018 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Bulgaria EU presidency, Kosovo, Serbia

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov, whose country currently holds the rotating presidency of the EU, said on January 16 that

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Europe 

Serb politician Oliver Ivanovic gunned down in Kosovo

January 16, 2018January 16, 2018 Independent Balkan News Agency Kosovo, Serbia

The head of the Serb party  “Freedom, Democracy, Justice”, Oliver Ivanovic was shot dead on the morning of January 16

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Bulgaria 

Foreign Minister: Bulgaria pushing for ‘practical measures’ to aid Western Balkans

October 19, 2017 Independent Balkan News Agency Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia

The countries of the Western Balkans will increasingly hear political messages in support of their European prospects, but Bulgaria is

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Perspectives 

What Europe can do for the Western Balkans

October 14, 2017October 17, 2017 Vessela Tcherneva Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Montenegro, Serbia

The Balkans are not as exciting as they once were. The large-scale violence that made the region a central concern

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Europe 

First ever Pride Parade in Kosovo

October 9, 2017 Independent Balkan News Agency Kosovo

October 10 is going to be remembered as the day when the LGBT organisations of Kosovo organised the very first

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Europe 

Balkan states sit in endless EU waiting room as Trieste summit begins

July 12, 2017July 12, 2017 Deutsche Welle Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia

“The future of the Balkans is within the European Union.” European Union leaders made this declaration during the 2003 EU-Western

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