5 hours agoAccording to Kosovars, Serbia is the biggest threat to the Balkans, and Albania's strongest state
Periskopi(7 years ago)
(7 years ago)Kosovo citizens continue to see Serbia as the state that can threaten security in the Western Balkans. In the Pristina Institute for Political Studies poll, which has been conducted with 1200 citizens across the country, the question has also been asked that “which of the countries of the region is the most threatening to the security of the Western Balkans?” “The query has target [...]
In the Pristina Institute for Political Studies poll, which has been conducted with 1200 citizens across the country, the question has also been asked that “which of the countries of the region is the most threatening to the security of the Western Balkans?”
The “The question has been aiming to highlight Kosovars' opinions about the states of the Western Balkans region, in which residents could select only one state. In general, there is reconciliation among Kosovars that Serbia is the most problematic state of the region, where 76.2% of the residents have identified as the most threatening security state for this part of Europe”, said the report compiled by Butrint Berisha.
Kosovars mostly want to intensify economic partnership when it comes to countries in the region.
Their “, 82.9% of residents believe that from countries in the region Albania should be the main economic partner for Kosovo”, the report says.
Citizens in Kosovo view Albania as the most powerful state of the Western Balkans in the next ten years.
The question highlights how Kosovars foresee the future of the region, based on the power of states. The term “powerful” is deliberately not limited to political, economic or military power since the idea has been to integrate all these elements within response”, the report says.
Respondents could only select one answer. As for results of 34.6% of the newcomers have chosen Albania, 23.5% Kosovo, while 13.8% Serbia as the region's most powerful state after ten years.
