Critical Reflection Following the KOFF roundtable on 19 December 2013 Local Elections in Kosovo – A Step Closer to Normalization ?
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At the end of December 2013, I met a long time Balkans correspondent from a major German newspaper. When the conversation touched upon Kosovo, he was quite categorical: „It is over“ he said. „We will not talk about the Kosovo question in two to three years anymore. Now with the April Agreement, the topic will simply fade away“. Others – mostly Western politicians and diplomats but also many in the region – have coined the April Agreement „a historical breakthrough“.
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