EU says it has begun to ease sanctions on Kosovo


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  • Friday, 23 May 2025

FILE PHOTO: Vice-President of the European Commission Kaja Kallas arrives at the 6th European Political Community summit at Skanderbeg Square in Tirana, Albania May 16, 2025. Leon Neal/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo

(Reuters) -The EU's top diplomat Kaja Kallas on Thursday said the bloc has begun to lift sanctions on Kosovo, but that the process would be conditional on a sustained de-escalation of violence and hostilities in the north.

The European Union placed economic curbs on the country in 2023 for its role in tensions in the Serb-dominated north, where leftist Albanian nationalist Prime Minister Albin Kurti has sought to extend government control.

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