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EULEX Kosovo
EU Rule of Law Mission Kosovo (EU)
Authorization date: 02/18
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OSCE Mission in Kosovo
(OSCE Long-Term Missions)
Authorization date: 07/99
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UNMIK
UN Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UN-led)
Authorization date: 06/99
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KFOR
Kosovo Force (UN-led)
Authorization date: 06/99
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Rivals Serbia and Kosovo have agreed to normalize economic ties following two days of U.S.-brokered talks in Washington. … Trump said Serbia had also committed to moving its embassy to Jerusalem, and Kosovo and Israel had agreed to normalize ties and establish diplomatic relations.
The leaders of Kosovo and Serbia will meet at the White House on September 4, after a similar meeting was canceled in June following the indictment of Kosovar President Hashim Thaci for war crimes.
The U.S. special envoy for Serbia and Kosovo negotiations has announced that the two countries' leaders have agreed to meet at the White House next month, after a similar meeting was canceled in June following the indictment of Kosovar President Hashim Thaci for crimes against humanity.
Former Kosovo prime minister Ramush Haradinaj is being promoted as Kosovo’s possible next president after his party authorised him on Wednesday to represent it in discussions with its coalition partners on a potential reshuffle – and on who the next president should be.
The long-awaited resumption of European Union-mediated talks between Serbia and its former Kosovo province have caught Kosovo unprepared, with little sign of political consensus on strategy, goals or even who should sit at the negotiating table.
Kosovar President Hashim Thaci has again defended his actions during Kosovo's war with Serbia following his return from an international war crimes court in The Hague, and called for unity among the country's political forces as it attempts to normalize ties with its bitter rival.
The leaders of Serbia and Kosovo have held their first face-to-face talks in 20 months under a European Union-mediated dialogue process aimed at normalizing relations between the two Balkan neighbors. Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic and Kosovo's prime minister, Avdullah Hoti, came away from the July 16 talks in Brussels still far apart on a host of issues but agreed to meet again in-person in early September. Technical-level talks will continue next week among officials.
Kosovar President Hashim Thaci has faced questioning by international war-crimes prosecutors at The Hague. … The prosecutors did not provide any details about the questioning.
The European Union said long-stalled talks between Serbia and Kosovo were “back on track” after a video meeting between the two countries’ leaders. Kosovo's Prime Minister Avdullah Hoti and Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic held a virtual meeting mediated by EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell.
Kosovo President Hashim Thaci will go to The Hague on Monday to be interviewed by international war crimes prosecutors.