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Ordinary life in Kosovo: freedom but a dim perspective of economic development (Photo: UN Photo/Flaka Kuqi)

EU needs different powers in Kosovo

If economic development does not become the top priority of the European Union's law and order mission in Kosovo (Eulex) and of local authorities, the future of an integrated Kosovo is doomed to fail.\n \nThe growing anti-Eulex mood here in Kosovo has its origins mainly in the lack of a contract between Kosovo institutions and the EU on what should be the competencies of Pristina and Brussels. As long as such competencies are not put down on paper and signed, confusion and disputes will multi...

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Andrew Rettman is EUobserver's foreign editor, writing about foreign and security issues since 2005. He is Polish, but grew up in the UK, and lives in Brussels. He has also written for The Guardian, The Times of London, and Intelligence Online.

Ordinary life in Kosovo: freedom but a dim perspective of economic development (Photo: UN Photo/Flaka Kuqi)

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Andrew Rettman is EUobserver's foreign editor, writing about foreign and security issues since 2005. He is Polish, but grew up in the UK, and lives in Brussels. He has also written for The Guardian, The Times of London, and Intelligence Online.

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