Auch nach zwei Jahrzehnten: Keine Lösung für das Kosovo
After two decades: No solution for the Kosovo

Summary/Abstract: The persistent Kosovo crisis is not moving toward compromise and resolution, but has for months been creeping toward a new escalation. Contributing to such volatility, opposition parties are blocking the Kosovo parliament with tear gas attacks, violence routinely accompanies street demonstrations, and progress remains elusive in talks the EU is brokering between Prishtina and Belgrade. Front lines run between the Kosovar government and the opposition, as well as between the Albanian majority and the Serb minority. Now a desperate search is on for a mediator to impose control over the explosive situation. Without a solution, the international community can only continue to appeal for respect of democratic standards. While the eyes of the United States and the European Union are glued to crises in Ukraine, Middle East and Africa, the frozen conflict in Kosovo may again turn hot. If all attempts for compromise fail, could some tabooed solutions come into consideration?

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