Recent days of lobbiing, Kosovo tries to convince EU it has seriously fought crime and corruption

The institutional leaders have undertaken a diplomatic offensive in the latest <x0-minute bid for Kosovo to join the Council of Ministers of the European Union's agenda.

Through activities within and outside the country, they are trying to deliver messages to European Union countries that they are strongly fighting organised crime and corruption, demanding that Kosovo abolish visas, Koha Ditore writes today.

But many of the EU nations, including the states in which Kosovo has calculated support, have already made up their minds by displaying a reluctant stance on bringing this issue into the Council of Ministers agenda in early December.

A lack of results in the fight against organised crime and corruption, and the risk of increasing the number of asylum seekers, has been cited as the reason.

Kosovo Prime Minister Ramush Haradinaj has attended Monday's meeting, invited by Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz, with other Balkan leaders within the framework of the Vienna Economic Forum. Part of it has been European Commissioner for Business Policy and Negotia of Enlargement Johannes Hahn.