Monday, January 23, 2012

Visa-free Travel: Kosovo Tries to Catch Up with the Rest of Europe

Kosovo Buckles down to Become Visa-Free (Turkish Weekly)

Kosovo is a newly-independent nation that is still putting down roots in the international system.
"Kosovo should address challenges in the border control sector, inter-state organized crime, repatriation and reaching technical and technological standards in the administrative system. But also improving of the political image and [improving] the economic situation of the country," Agron Bajrami, Kosovo columnist, editor-in-chief of daily Koha Ditore told SETimes.

"These are probably the biggest challenges because these are real and deep problems which have not been addressed -- they are also the stain that burdens Kosovo's name in almost every quarter of the world. [Dealing with these issues] will go beyond the time frames and political frames of visa liberalization."
The two "man on the street" quotes at the end of the article are also very interesting.