Kosovo Offers Concession on Serb Autonomy in Bid for Recognition
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A man holding a Serbian flag stands near Kosovo Force soldiers in Zvecan, Kosovo in May 2023.
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Kosovo’s government offered a concession on the key issue of autonomy for its ethnic Serb minority as the Balkan nation seeks to put its bid to join the Council of Europe back on track.
Kosovo, which split from Serbia in 2008, wants to advance its international standing by joining the 46-member group that promotes democracy and human rights. That effort got a boost last month when the body’s parliamentary assembly recommended Kosovo’s membership.