EU’s Kosovo meddling risks Balkans chaos

After a long delay the Kosovo government adopted on the 3 August 2016 the draft law on border demarcation with Montenegro that had been agreed between the two countries in August 2015.

The adoption followed a debate in the Kosovo Parliament. However, for the law to come into force Parliament would have to ratify the agreement by a two thirds majority - and this was considered problematic as there had been many protests in Kosovo against the agreement as conceding too much to Montenegro.

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