North Kosovo in 2020 Future histories in the making
North Kosovo in 2020 Future histories in the making

Author(s): Regina Joseph, Jitske Hoogenboom
Subject(s): Politics, International relations/trade, Inter-Ethnic Relations
Published by: Forum za etničke odnose
Keywords: North Kosovo; Kosovska Mitrovica; Brussels Agreement; Kosovo–Serbia Dialogue; Peacebuilding; EU Integration; Community Relations
Summary/Abstract: Political developments in Kosovo and Serbia have evolved rapidly in the past few years. The launch of the EU-facilitated dialogue between Kosovo and Serbia in March 2011 reopened communication between the two, leading to the breakthrough First Agreement of Principles Governing the Normalization of Relations in April 2013, which changed the institutional set up of north Kosovo. Political developments continue at a steady pace. This report is based on an extensive field trip in January 2014. Since then, parliamentary elections have taken place in Serbia and, at the time of publishing, the parliamentary election campaign in Kosovo was in full swing. The European Union member states and Kosovo have reached an agreement on adjusting and renewing the EULEX mandate and establishing a special court in the Hague to try war crimes. The European Parliament has seen a change in its composition and a change in the leadership of the European Commission and the European External Action Service is imminent. At the end of 2014, several of the current main political actors are likely to have been replaced.

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