EU warned against turning Kosovo into a 'protectorate'

With Kosovo set to declare independence on Sunday (17 February) and the EU expected to send a police and civilian mission there shortly, a well-known Balkans analyst has warned the 27-nation bloc against turning the province into an EU "protectorate", whose self-governing powers would be almost non-existent.

While the number of statements indicating that Kosovo will declare independence on Sunday has been steadily increasing, Kosovar newspapers have reported extensively how this is expe...