Posted on 12/02/2015 9:45:52 AM PST by McGruff
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry called on opposition lawmakers in Kosovo on Wednesday to stop setting off tear gas in parliament, and on the young country to combat corruption, Islamic radicalism and ethnic division.
In the Balkans for the first time as secretary of state, Kerry's brief stop in Kosovo underscored Western concern over the slow pace of progress 16 years after a U.S.-led NATO air war set the former Serbian province on the road to independence.
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The country of 1.8 million people - mainly ethnic Albanians - faces a deepening political crisis over relations with former master Serbia, against a backdrop of widespread frustration at a lack of progress on democracy, corruption and Western integration.
Kosovo has been rocked by riots and opposition MPs have disrupted parliament’s work for two months by releasing tear gas in the chamber, angry over a deal to grant ethnic Serbs greater local powers and allow them some funding from Belgrade. The opposition believes this could threaten Kosovo’s independence.
Why do we even care?
Isn’t it great Kosovo got its’ independence from Serbia? /s
Mashed potato face is over there to kiss more mudslime arse which is the only thing he is good at.
who exactly is posting all that “putinista” crap on the keywords section.
Lurch as Public Scold.
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