Rome – ESI debating Kosovo’s European integration perspectives

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Albin Kurti. Photo: Aspen Institute Italia

ESI’s Kristof Bender participated in an online seminar on the “Western Balkan countries’ integration in the EU: the case for Kosovo”, organised by the Aspen Institute Italia on 27 October 2021. Kristof spoke on a panel with Albin Kurti, Prime Minister of Kosovo, Ivan Vejvoda, acting rector of the Institutue of Human Sciences (Vienna), and Donika Emini, director of the Civics Platform (Pristina). The event was held under Chatham House rules. 

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