Kosovo risks remaining isolated for several years

Kosovo will not be able to detonate isolation within months, even if it now meets the last two conditions for visa liberalisation: ratify the demarcation agreement with Montenegro and prove concrete progress in fighting organised crime and corruption, Koha Ditore writes today.

If the tasks are not completed by March, then you risk even 2020 being found in the ghetto.

The president of the European Commission, Jean-Claude Juncker, has been in Kosovo on Wednesday, the day Parliament was scheduled to ratify the demarcation agreement, but gave up in lack of votes. Juncker has said adopting this agreement is an inevitable step towards liberalisation. He has not given a date when the barrier could occur to move freely to the Schengen area.