Originally dubbed Mini-Schengen, a Western Balkans economic collaboration initiative now known as Open Balkans will offer free movement across Serbia, Albania, and North Macedonia. But what about Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Kosovo?
Is Kosovo taking a harder line with Serbia?
May 28, 2021
Dialogue between Serbia and its former province of Kosovo is at a standstill, with no movement since last year when both sides signed agreements with the United States regarding economic normalisation.
Kosovo officials have in recent weeks made a number of controversial claims and demands of both Serbia and international institutions such as UNESCO, signs that the country is taking a tougher stance in negotiations – currently stalled – with its neighbour.
In early May, the Kosovo government said it would pursue charges of genocide against Serbia at the International Court of Justice (ICJ). Later in the month, Prime Minister Albin Kurti, President Vjosa Osmani, and Parliamentary Speaker Glauk Konjufca sent a letter to UNESCO asking that four Serbian monasteries to be removed from a list of world heritage sites in danger.
Chloé Bernadaux
Chloé Bernadaux received her master’s degree in International Security from Sciences Po Paris. She previously conducted research on gender dynamics in the Middle East at the Lebanese-American University in Beirut. She is also a contributor to several platforms, among them the International Institute for Middle East and Balkan Studies, Encyclopedia Geopolitica, and L’Orient Le Jour.
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