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Kosovo's amnesties masquerading as pardons are a symptom of Kosovo's problems and the failings of the international community. On 17 February, Kosovo will celebrate the...

Temporary appointment gives EU time to restructure its representation. Fernando Gentilini, an Italian career diplomat, has been appointed as the European Union's Special...

Caretaker EU special representative named. Disagreements between European Union member states have prevented the appointment of an EU special representative (EUSR) for...

The frontrunners to be the next EU Special Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina. Two senior career diplomats have emerged as favourites to take over as EU Special...

EU member states have reached a preliminary agreement to scrap four of the EU's special representatives on foreign policy. Foreign ministers agreed to extend the life of...

Member states struggle to agree on the future of the EU's special representatives. The European Union's 11 special representatives (EUSRs) to crisis spots around the world...

Uncertainty over its legal status is not the only obstacle Kosovo faces in its bid to join the EU. Of all the countries aspiring to enter the European Union, Kosovo is the...

Kosovar authorities claim three German secret agents were behind an attack on the offices of the EU's representative. Three men held by police in Kosovo for throwing an...

Kosovo is a special case among the countries of the western Balkans because not all EU member states recognise its independence, unilaterally proclaimed in February after...

Officials fear problems enforcing rule of law; NATO ill-equipped to provide civilian security. Faced with Russian resistance to a phase-out of the UN's mission in Kosovo,...

A man people hire if they need someone who can get results under taxing conditions. Pieter Feith may be the international community's top trouble-shooter in Kosovo, but even...

Kosovars used to almost nine years of UN administration will soon find out whether their own government is able to provide the public services they expect. Kosovo's...

Declaring independence does not mean that Kosovo will become a state overnight. Kosovo's declaration of independence on Sunday (17 February) means that Kosovars now have...

With Kosovo widely expected to declare its independence this Sunday (17 February), the EU is poised to put in place an international presence in the country, under a plan for...

The imminent independence of Kosovo will mark the end of the territorial re-ordering which followed the gradual and violent demise of that once-proud country, Yugoslavia. The...

The diplomatic end-game over the final status of Kosovo will begin on Monday (10 December), when diplomats from the six-member Contact Group will present their report to Ban...

At the United Nations Security Council in New York, the EU and US are struggling to prevent Russia from vetoing Kosovo's proposed independence from Serbia. But in the...

Diplomats have warned that tensions over northern Cyprus and Kosovo are beginning to affect the EU's decision-making in other areas of foreign policy. According to...

United Nations envoy Martti Ahtisaari is expected to conclude on Saturday (10 March) that Serbian and Kosovo leaders have been unable to reach a settlement on Kosovo's future...

Ask senior EU diplomats what the Plan B is and they laugh nervously. Then they say: “There is no Plan B!” Tomorrow (2 February), Martti Ahtisaari, the former Finnish...