Workers make preparations ahead of U.S. Vice President Joe Biden's visit, in the village of Sojeve, August 12, 2016. Picture taken August 12, 2016. REUTERS/Hazir Reka
SOJEVE, Kosovo (Reuters) - On a busy road in Kosovo, brand new signs have been put up ahead of a visit by U.S. Vice President Joe Biden, showing the 35-km route in the southeast of the small Balkan nation that has been renamed after his late son Beau.
Naming streets after U.S. officials is becoming something of a tradition in Kosovo, whose population is mainly ethnic Albanian and which considers the United States its saviour since 1999 NATO air strikes halted killings by Serbian troops.
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