Minister of Local Government Administration Sadri Ferati said that most of the work in the decentralisation process has been completed, citing as evidence the participation of Serb community members in the recent municipal elections. Ferati added that progress has been achieved due to the Kosovo government’s commitment to collaborating with …

Albania and Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) will soon join the Schengen zone, former EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana said. Solana stressed that regional co-operation and peace in the Balkans are critical to the region, and added that its prospects lie not in division but in European integration. He also …

Kosovo’s Prime Minister Hashim Thaci said Kosovo’s EU perspective is not at risk despite the fact that five EU countries including Spain, the current holder of EU presidency, have not recognized Kosovo’s independence. Thaci made the remarks after Spain took over the rotating EU presidency on January 1.