Balkans losing hope of progress on EU membership


An aerial view shows an Eiffel Tower replica in Janjeve, near Pristina, Kosovo June 19, 2022. Picture taken June 19, 2022. Picture taken with drone. REUTERS/Fatos Bytyci

BELGRADE/BRUSSELS (Reuters) -In Kosovo, which has been waiting for visa-free travel to the European Union since 2010, a restaurant owner has erected a large replica of France's famed Eiffel Tower for its diners.

"We have built it as a form of consolation for the people who cannot go to Paris," said Blerim Bislimi, owner of Te Anija (At The Boat) restaurant on the edge of the capital Pristina.

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