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EU wary as guerrilla general named to lead Kosovo

The EU is quietly wary over the nomination of Agim Ceku, a former Albanian guerrilla general under indictment by Serbia, as the new prime minister of Kosovo, Balkans agency DTT-NET.COM writes.

Kosovo's ruling coalition AAK party put forward Mr Ceku on Wednesday (1 March) after former prime minister Bajram Kosumi resigned, with the changes coming in the middle of UN-led Kosovo-Serbian talks on the future status of Kosovo.

The European Commission and the office of EU foreign affair...

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Andrew Rettman is EUobserver's Foreign Affairs Editor. He has been writing about foreign and security affairs for EUobserver since 2005. He is Polish but grew up in the UK. He has also written for The Guardian, The Telegraph, and The Times of London.

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Andrew Rettman is EUobserver's Foreign Affairs Editor. He has been writing about foreign and security affairs for EUobserver since 2005. He is Polish but grew up in the UK. He has also written for The Guardian, The Telegraph, and The Times of London.

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