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Prime Minister Thaci tried to calm fears from some member states and MEPs that Kosovo would not be able to manage such sums of money. (Photo: United Nations)

EU pledges €500 million to rebuild Kosovo

The international community has pledged to invest €1.2 billion toward the rebuilding of Kosovo, with the European Commission alone putting aside €508 million to fill in the gaps in Pristina's financial needs from 2009 to 2013.

Speaking at a donor's conference for Kosovo in Brussels (11 July), EU enlargement commissioner Olli Rehn said that the European Union's pledge "clearly demonstrates that Kosovo is profoundly a European matter".

"It is not a diplomatic formula, but the most ...

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Prime Minister Thaci tried to calm fears from some member states and MEPs that Kosovo would not be able to manage such sums of money. (Photo: United Nations)

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