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Kosovo's new government eases trade restrictions with rival Serbia

Just days after coming to power Kosovo's new prime minister Avdullah Hoti has lifted some of the restrictions on Serb goods entering the country.

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'Why should we lose?': Kosovo PM slams idea of Serbia land-swap deal

Kosovans have suffered enough, said the country's prime minister, as he hit out at the possibility of a land-swap deal with Serbia

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Kosovo PM says US envoy involved in toppling his government

Kosovo's Prime Minister Albin Kurti said Richard Grenell, U.S. President Donald Trump's envoy to the Kosovo-Serbia talks, was involved in splitting his party and its partner in the coalition government.

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Kosovan PM to push for constructive dialogue with Serbia

Kosovo's new prime minister took power at the beginning of February and his job is now to lead the negotiations to try and push for Serbia to recognise Kosovo as an independent state

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Kosovo and Serbia sign historic deal on rail and road links

It comes weeks after Belgrade and Pristina agreed to resume direct flights for the first time since the Kosovo War.

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Albin Kurti: Kosovo's new prime minister vows to rebuild Serbia ties

Kurti, 44, spent two-and-a-half years in jail for his role in the Kosovan independence movement.

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Kosovo's election winners given 48-hour deadline to form coalition

It's been three months since the election and a government has still not been formed.

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Kosovo is still without a new prime minister or president

It's been nearly three months since elections, but the winning parties just cannot come to a deal.

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Opposition parties overturn Kosovo politics with election victory

The election signals a new era for politics in Kosovo, previously dominated by figureheads from the country's late-1990s war.

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Kosovo: What you need to know about the country's snap elections

Themes dominating the poll are rampant corruption, widespread unemployment and sour relations with neighbouring Serbia that it must try to rectify if it wants to pave the way to EU membership.

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Euroviews. Kosovo’s fate in the Western Balkans will determine the future stability of Europe | View

Eleven years after the declaration of independence, four major European countries still do not recognise Kosovo as a country, which remains an obstacle to its efforts to integrate into European and world organisations.

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Kosovo 'must form government quickly' to avoid delaying EU talks

Aridan Arifaj, deputy Chief of Staff to President of the Republic of Kosovo told Euronews that it was critical that Kosovo's political parties formed a government rapidly after snap elections.

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Ramush Haradinaj resigned days before speaking with prosecutors

As the investigation into alleged war crimes committed in Kosovo continues in The Hague, a guerilla fighter turned Prime Minister has resigned but refused to answer questions.

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Haradinaj has resigned amid a new court summons

Ramush Haradinaj has resigned due to a new court summons and president Vucic has labelled it a 'political trick' intended to fuel ethnic tensions.

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A history of tension: Serbia-Kosovo relations explained

Euronews looks back at one of Europe's most violent conflicts and the tense relations between two nations still at odds.

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What are Pristina and Belgrade likely to discuss in Friday's talks?

Kosovo and Serbia will sit down at the negotiating table once again on Friday to try and find a solution to some of the major political problems blocking normalising relations.

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Serbia-Kosovo possible border changes explained: What's at stake?

The leaders of Kosovo and Serbia Saturday voiced their intention to change the border between the two countries. What might this entail and what are the EU's worries about the ramifications for the rest of the Balkans?

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Kosovo ministers fired over Turkey extraditions

The Prime Minister of Kosovo has dismissed the interior minister and the secret service chief after the arrest and extradition to Turkey of six Turkish nationals

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Kosovan PM’s authority in doubt amid claims state intelligence arrested Turks without his knowledge

Days after a coalition party announced it would step down from government, the Kosovan PM’s hold on power has been plunged further into doubt after he claimed he did not know state intelligence arrested six men wanted by Turkey.

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MPs let off tear gas in Kosovo’s parliament over border deal

It’s not the first time tear gas has been thrown into Kosovo’s parliament. On this occasion it was to delay a vote on a controversial border deal with Montenegro.