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North Kosovo: New reality, old problems

Gezim Krasniqi
Northern Mitrovica

Despite the fact that the Brussels Agreement and the November election is a first step towards the bridging of differences between Kosovo on the one hand and Kosovo Serbs and Serbia on the other, the process of integration of Serbs into the Kosovan system will require time, good will on all sides and, above all, legal and political clarity. 

Kosovo’s state-building process and the establishment of a separate citizenship regime has been challenged by local Serbs since its independence in 2008. The challenges have been mainly in northern Kosovo, as well as the state of Serbia, thus turning it into a contested and internally divided state.

Updated on: 27 January 2014

Serbia-Kosovo agreement: political breakthrough or jobs for the boys?

Eric Gordy
Mitrovica Bridge

The widely hailed agreement reached between Serbia and Kosovo entrenches the power of clientelistic elites and is no real cause for celebration argues Eric Gordy.

This piece originally appeared in UCL SSEES Research Blog. 

Updated on: 25 April 2013

Whose citizens? Kosovan Serbs between Kosovo, Serbia and Russia

Gezim Krasniqi
A never-ending tunnel

Serbs in the northern part of Kosovo remain trapped in a political dispute between Pristina and BelgradAlthough both Pristina and Belgrade treat them as their respective citizens, they were included in neither the Kosovo organised census in spring 2011, nor the one organised by Serbia in autumn 2011. While they boycotted the first one (unlike Serbs living south of Mitrovica and other minorities), Serbs from the northern part of Kosovo were left out of the Serb census. This certainly has strengthened the feeling of isolation and abandonment among this community. Therefore, the demand for Russian citizenship should be seen in this context.

(Also available at www.eudo-citizenship.eu)

Updated on: 15 December 2011
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