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so is he a source of instability in the balkans? prime minister albin kurti. welcome to hardtalk. thank you for having me. your status as prime minister of kosovo have all put a big priority in trying to normalise relations with serbia, trying to make peace with serbia. you say it is not even a priority for you. why? we won on the 14th of february elections with a landslide victory with a ticket ofjobs and justice. i don't want to neglect normalisations with serbia, but economic developments on one hand and rule of law against corruption on the other are two top priorities. taken into consideration that we are now amidst the pandemic of covid—19, of of course, this means this is fallen at best at number four of our democratic state building agenda for our independent republic. isn't the truth if you talk about democratic state building, nothing can really happen. there can be no real progress towards a more prosperous, more stable kosovo unless you have a normal relationship with your neighbour serbia. so, in the end, it is that which must come first. that is an important part of

traditional ties between the orthodox ward in the balkans and moscow. but on the other hand, i mean just let's face it in the economic side, more than 70 percent of the interaction, economic business or trade interaction between the balkans and the european union. is it taking place? so there is only a small rest, let left for moscow or, of course, also china who is the new, the new kid on in the town. that's something which is which we need to factor in. it is a much more mighty polar won't now. and so therefore, a new policy really needs to take place. i personally believe that em relatively small problem, like in bosnia where i'm not convinced that war is imminent. on the contrary, i think people are fed up with the conflict. i think they're russia as well as china and the west europe in particular, should step in and step up to it and say, okay, let's try and resolve this in order to build it and re build confidence between russia and europe. in particular, i would say it's the europeans who are a place there and they should become more active. be o

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al jazeera balkans 1st covered the story in 2014 correspondent marin versus made a documentary that one the util sat people's choice award in room. one of the europe's biggest problems are, are refugees. but for me, i think it's very, very nice that we gave the voice, the voiceless. i think that her as the network, i'm very, very glad we went to rome and received that awards. and the most important thing is for al jazeera is to try to cope with those stories ah, to his own, from the revolutions of 2011, came the counter revolutions. for al jazeera, this meant an almost constant battle to continue working in several countries. starting with egypt, mohammed morsi won the presidential election in 2012. al jazeera, covered both pro and anti multi demonstrations, but its signal and websites were promptly blocked by the addiction government. in june 2013. hm. at mercy was overthrown in a cru led by his defense minister at bill, fatter i'll cc doesn't run a 3rd of july ccs supported storm damages here is kyra office and confiscated it's equipment got off the office was closed, but worse was to

so much so, that they're now threatening the unity of the balkan nation.osnian serb leader, milorad dodik, is threatening to pull out of state-level institutions, including the national army, built up with international assistance over the past quarter century, and to reconstitute a serb force. the international community's envoy, christian schmidt, says that such threats pose an existential threat to the nation. all of this, as the un announced an extension to the mandate of the european union military force, a yearly practice to help maintain peacekeeping operations in bosnia-herzegovina. we'll get to our guests in just a few moments, but first, a report from al jazeera's jonah hull. reporter: plans by the bosnian serb leadership to exit some of the country's tripartite institutions, including the military, are described by the international community's high representative, christian schmidt, as tantamount to secession. they constitute, he says, the greatest existential threat of the post-war period. he's talking about bosnian serb leader milorad dodik,

we think some warns come in to the balkans temperatures on the rise. here in scandinavia though, it continues to be rather wet and windy road of that snow, affecting western parts of norway. but for britain, an island, it'll be turning west towards a weekend. that's your update. ah, the frank assessments, what's the point of the un if multilateralism isn't part of its dna, we need somewhere we're sovereign states can exchange views. informed opinions is focused likely to change biking behavioral. it's not going to change their behavior . they're going to continue to do what they do when it's going to be more in trade and less in terms of trying to match with this more games mentality. in depth analysis of the days global headlines inside story on out jesse era, indonesia the country with an abundance of results. re byron walk, indonesia whose turns for me we move pool to grow and fraud. we balance for green economy, blue economy, and the digital economy. with the new job creation law, indonesia is progressively ensuring the policy reform to create qual

but we have huge interest from the side of the others from the eastern european countries from the balkan countries from central european countries. much of its natural gas of fly is exported through what's called the southern gas cory door, which runs from the caspian sea through parts of georgia, turkey and then to europe. as our b, john's production is small compared to big players in the energy game. but with the gas corridor, it is ready to carry other resources like gas from took madison to the you going after a bigger piece of the market. by increasing its energy production other bri, john could bring in more investments and gain political leverage in its regents. but this could also threaten its relationship with russia, a major life, and one of the world's biggest energy suppliers. either be john says it is not competing with moscow, but some say that could be geopolitical complication from the existing my ballistic supplier. also, as i said in the beginning, uses it's supplies of energy to your for geopolitical reasons for geo political inputs. we see that right now, right now w

need to stress enough also the bosnians got enough if in danger it will erupt over to the western balkan as well. it will most certainly reflects on the situation impossible in order mister donya in montenegro . so this is not a place where you can simply deal with one side or the other without looking at the brother lesson balkan picture. so essentially the writing is on the wall and action is needed to be in the thank you very much for your time. again, receipts a stress here that life does seem to be going on as normal. there is no physical evidence of things changing, at least not to the naked eye and those coming here. however, when you are speaking to people, there are very clear holes of warning. i'm there is very clear concerns on how things are going to progress, unless there is a shift in the way in which the international community feels with it. so what we're currently witnessing is those calls are essentially warning signs are coming out, but there is still no response from the international community. okay, jamal al, shall their life arrest in sarajevo, which mouth thank yo

so much so that the now threatening the unity of the balkan nation, the bosnian serb leader miller, r dot ache, his threatening to pull out of state level institutions. including the national army, built up with international assistance over the past quarter century and to reconstitute a sub force. the international communities envoy christine schmidt, says that such threats posed an existential threat to the nation. all of this, as the un announced an extension to the mandate of the european union military force, a yearly practice to help maintain peacekeeping operations in bosnia herzegovina will get to our guests in just a few moments. but 1st a report from out here is joanna, how plans by the bosnian serb leadership to exit some of the country's tripartite institutions, including the military, are described by the international communities. hi, representative christian schmidt as tantamount to secession. they constitute, he says, the greatest existential threat of the post war period. he's talking about bosnian serb leader miller and da dick who says a new army will be set up in t

but on friday it pulls across the balkans and we're going to see the temperatures come down in places like so. be a belgrade we'll see about a 10 degree drop in the temperature is going to feel cooler, but it's gonna warm up for places like grease and go to study the wind blowing up. and that's gonna push the temperature up to $26.00 degrees in athens. farther north of this, it does get wet and windier up in the north east. it remains rather mild for the north west. however, but for the iberian peninsula, we are going to see some heavy rain in the north of spain. ah, well in to a world of confidence, so i say without you business class, which way your privacy is paramount and your experience can sit back, relax in your own private space and let us take care of everything. catera weighs the airlines you can rely on oh i want on top stories here, 0 iranian officials say nuclear talks with world powers will resume at the end of this month. iran deputy for mr. tyrone is prepared to enter negotiations for us sanctions to be lifted. the state department has welcome to return to talks to you

but on friday it pulls across the balkans and we're going to see the temperatures come down in places like serbia belgrade we'll see about a 10 degree drop in the temperature is going to feel cooler, but it's going to warm up for places like grease and go to study the wind blowing up, and that's going to push the temperature up to $26.00 degrees in athens. farther north of this, it does get wet and windier up in the north east. it remains rather mild for the north west, however, but for the iberian peninsula, we are going to see some heavy rain in the north of spain. ah, ah, life is never scripted. never foretold. it's never, no, no matter what happiness never stole open. you read between the lines. listen, always, listen, never stop asking, never stop question a wanting to discover the o mode. here the human story. b and punctual. be courageous. finding the untold story. celebrate excellence. keep alive, the pioneering spirit. stop. we haven't for 25 years, we've never stopped on our journey. never stops when our commitment to you al jazeera, 25, he is a unique path. all.

in iraq, he didn't want to go to war the second time in iraq, he didn't want to go to war in the balkans. in the modern military era, they believe in the use of force when necessary but let's be very careful how we define necessary. >> and the other piece, he's also well-known i think for that sort of famous so-called pottery barn rule, telling former president bush, you break it, you bought it, basically. eugene, i wonder if you want to join in on this part of the conversation. >> do i. i'm reflecting on the fact that, first of all, everybody knows what the powell doctrine is. and who gets to have a doctrine? that gives you a sense of what -- of how important he really was and what a major figure he was. it was -- i think the funeral also, as you saw all those political leaders from different parties, none of whom spoke, it gave you a sense of a washington that at least we like to imagine once was, and again could be, a washington in which people disagree and sometimes disagree forcefully without being disagreeable. and that's certainly something general powell could do as jake jacobs s

and without one, i think balkanization will lead to something even worse. i'm sure you think about it a lot. do. >> i wonder what your answer is. >> so w i don't have all the answers. but in writing "the sum of us," i felt like i had glimpsed people who had figured out an element of it. and friends in labor and community organizing who are right there trying tore create diverse workplace, or a diverse working aclass, a community tha needs toee vote on a ballot initiative to refill the pool in some way whether it's higher wage or medicare expansion, they know they can't win without a multiracial working class that sees themselves in one another.h and ultimately the fault line, the impediment to that seeing of one another is race. and there is more usually of a pragmatism m and a knee-jerk empathy pong the peoplehy of cor they're trying to organize than the white people who have heard for so long the zero sum line, have heard it so long, and they're hearing it with a technological sophistication and a volume of b the bullhorn that we've never been up against

. >> he and his child are two of thousands of refugees and the balkans trying to reach the european unions of returning to something like a normal life dented by obstacles in their path. >> our investigations have become -- begun in bulgaria after the deadliest road accident in a decade, 46 people killed after fire engulfed a bus returning to north macedonia from turkey. only seven people on board survived. rory has more. >> the charred wreckage of the bus makes clear how intense the fire must have been. the vehicle crashed and burned on a bulgarian hardware in the middle of the night. it was taking mostly north macedonia and tourists back home after a weekend trip to istanbul. it's not yet known why so few people made it off alive or what caused this disaster in the first place. this damage suggests the bus hit a barrier before carrying on to crash into the central reservation. the interior minister of bulgaria was deeply shocked. >> not everyone can stand such a picture. it is terrifying. the details of this tragedy will be investigated. >> north macedonia's foreign minister visited sur

been a civic confederacy and we would have had in north america almost a repeat of always on the balkans the 1990s and then, and then what would have been available to stop the tide of chairman militarism in world war i and in world war ii of the cold war? not a thing to contemplate. >> now and something about the american civil war there were only two sides in the civil war. usually there are quite a few more than that but it's hard to contemplate what would we looking at today. >> years later serving in the united states supreme court one was edward white the confederate in louisiana and the other was oliver wendell holmes at antietam. every other anniversary of antietam homes would present them with a fake rose not in a romantic gesture and his response was this, my god he said if we had succeeded. that was the estimate of the confederate and he was right. >> its reflections and the counterfactual of and longstreet in particular saying no at that point. there are so many great questions but he was quite an passable figure after the war and having another direction after that with ever

most are afghans and reached the balkans before the taliban took power.ngo offers clothing, showers and the first kindness most have met for a long time. >> we will help them to bring security. they call me and my colleagues -- they sleep outside and it is so cold. i think more people are on the road and will call here. nick: this is the field where asylum-seekers traditionally congregate. in five years coming here, i have never seen so many people. almost all of them are in transit. you're afghani? around 500 people are acmmodated in the official refugee camp at at least 100 more sleep rough. he and his volunteers try to ease their aches and pains. romania seems less hostile than other countries. >> what we are seeing now, we are seeing supportive messages. we are seeing people say, h, we should help. you remember how we used to be migrants and we were happy when someone was at least not judging us? maybe they couldn't help us, but at least they were not throwing stones. nick: afghans now reaching europe hope the situation backhoe means there asylum requ

a balkanized north america?and south -- north and south divided in 1863, do you think it would have stopped there? no. there would are have been a northwest confederacy, a pacific confederacy, and we would have had in north american almost a repeat of what we saw in the balkans in the 1990s. and then, and then what would have been available to stop the tide of german militarism in world war i, of naziism in world war ii, of the cold war. it's not a pleasant thing to contemplate. >> not. onand something that sents the more than civil war apart from other countries' is it's pretty unusual to only have two sides in a civil war, how you're referring to it. usually quite a few more than that, so it's really hard to contemplatet' what we would be live anything today. >> you know, years later serving on the united states supreme court were two veterans of the civil war. one was white who had been a confederate veteran and the other was oliver wendell holmes who had been a lieutenant at eighty tam. every year holmes wou

in athens, and like african and asian nationals who've sought asylum here for years. cubans in the balkans are a completely new phenomenon. greece is an attractive way station for asylum seekers who want to travel deeper into europe. it has a 1000 kilometers of mountainous land border which are difficult to police. and it's a member of the shingles area, which means that once here, it's relatively easy for someone to travel to 25 other european countries without border controls. cubans 1st post coal would normally be the united states. charles cook is an immigration lawyer in the u. s. and explains what's happening. the system was broken by the ministration and so far the by administration, it's 10 months in office has not really made a lot of effort to fix that because of it. so all these, all these factors are coming to play here that are driving people to other places. greece is the other place right now. hundreds of cubans are now in greece, and they're waiting to find out whether all forties will take up their asylum applications, or encourage them to keep walking. jumps out over los

the balkans tools grease, very strong windsor packed him across that western side of turkey. plenty of rang there, pushing up towards ukraine was got some snow still there rather baltic states. and when she mixed their intricate part of her scandinavia, it does in pro, if i'm pleased to say over the next couple of days across. so the british charles had the island of ireland. we have got a celsius, therefore, glasgow society of some woman, whether pushing through just 5 degrees there in london on monday, but picking up in double figures as we go on through tuesday. as that same address pushes down into the cool across central parts of europe. widespread snow coming in, it does brighten up and please to say across good part of southern europe by the state was still pretty breezy across at east the side of the mediterranean, one or 2 showers still continuing. just around the far north of algeria, northern parts of ch in india, it brightens up here as you go on into choose day. bright to prosecute parts of west africa, one or 2 showers just along the south coast. move the weather, sponsor

seen the same kind of attitude towards the european union's neighbors in the mediterranean or in the balkans. given the scale of the influx of refugees that the block has seen for years from the south and from the southeast. here's what else, the bel rushing top level, matt said about that problem. the problem is not bela bruce, but the european union. what exactly is their strategies? it is to punish a rebellious country that has taken a different point of view and has taken in their opinion, some unacceptable steps. and it's an absolutely intolerable approach. shown there must be dialogue which, but they have driven themselves so far into a corner that they cannot get out of his stomach. and then it happened that they did not even recognize the legitimacy of the bell. russian government was in a couple of now. they do not know how to get out of the situation, but this is clearly nothing but a complete diplomatic deadlock. and the situation on the border isn't likely to improve any time soon. but at least mens has been reassured once again during wednesdays meeting that it's got the backing

really is more in a way of rain. heavy downpours dusting of snow there over the mountains in the balkans and still some wintry weather there across parts of northern spain. it will turn to rain here, in fact, is going to start warming up process western parts as we go on through the next couple of days. 7 celsius there in glasgow sets the same as the wind slowly, but surely swing in from the atlantic. ah, the curly 19 pandemic has led to a spike in child trafficking across india, $1.00 to $1.00 east meets those fighting to save hon children on al jazeera in december. jesse tahoes, the fever, arab cut, a momentous event for the region and a glimpse of what's in store for the 2022. welcome people in power investigates the use and abuse of power across the globe. a world exclusive interview with joint nobel peace law. if recognize the safeguarding freedom of expression as a precondition for democracy and lasting peace from shore. documentaries to in depth explain his portal. showcase is the best voucher 0 digital content. i think it draws to a close. we look back at the events that have sha

pressure spinning in here, and that will feed some wetter and cooler weather up across italy and the balkans as we go on through the next couple of days as a warm sunshine across at east side of the mediterranean, pushing out through bulgaria, easing up towards s. sabby at 19 celsius. they have in belgrade on wednesday afternoon, picking up to route 23. on thursday. i was how we come to friday, 14 celsius and there's the taste of things to come. just 11th grade, about grade by saturdays that cooler in the cholera is across western parts of europe, temperatures here struggling to get into double figures and some rather wet weather that just coming in across the western side of the met. it's right is live the and foundry showers coming towards the italy or the side of the i drastic around that in there. count some really heavy rainfall over the next couple of days could lead to some flooding snow. they're over, they out small the same as you go on through where thursday at wet weather, stretching its way up towards the baltic, states some heavier rain coming in here. we'll see some heavy rain

that that's what they use it to us. russell and his child just to have thousands of refugees in the balkans trying to reach the european union hopes of returning to something like a normal life dented by the constant obstacles in their path. polaris out his era. a jury in the us state of georgia has wrapped up its 1st day of deliberations in the trial. over bruce dance. demonstrators gathered outside the court in brunswick . they calling for the 3 white men, accused of chasing down and killing aubrey to be convicted of murder. the 25 year old black man was jogging through the neighborhood when he was shot dead last d. graphic video of the incident was late online. she had her tansy has more from outside the court in brunswick, georgia. i think that's one of the key. the key issues now is whether the actions of these 3 men were just the perfectly reasonable actions of 2 of those who are concerned about crime in the neighborhood. they. so i would re running through and they wanted to, they will why, why? why is this matter? in our neighborhood that have been, have been robberies over the cour

so i want to keep that very much more firmly under control the us visual invoice in the balkans. gabriel escobar has been holding talks in bosnia and herzegovina with members of the tripartite presidency. this comes off, the bosnian serb later announced plans to establish a separate army within the country that violates the 1995 at dayton peace agreement, which had ended the conflict jamal i shy owl is in salary ivr with move the u. s. envoy to the region, gabriel escobar met separately with each of the 3 members of the bosnian presidency . after those meetings, they all came out with at least one unified statements, which was an instance that there would be no armed conflict. there would be no war whilst the crow, as both members of the presidency insisted that the rule of law, the constitution i. e v. data agreements which are both about the end of the $990.00 s war. and essentially it sets out how was good enough should be governed, that they insisted that this should be respected and everything would be working within the framework. miller, i've done the serve, representative in the

we never cause any problems to south street or turtle dri for balkans trailers mahoney. today. we've built 400 kilometer, but i run across our country together. we're gas probably, you know, today we already have gas flying through this pipeline. we're the only country in europe that has never invited any sanctions of any measures, any decisions against russia's in trend lager. we pursued the european path, but we never do anything with damage or nations with the russian federation. we need an agreement about the larger amount of gas or the fastest growing economy in europe. believe me when growing faster than all the other countries in europe. so we need gas in the price, the volume, and 3rd, we need flexibility. russian counterparts know about this of shaw and consumption peaks during the winter. and we want to be able to talk more gas without having to pay a much higher price in global affairs. you don't just choose an easier way. you don't just please those who are stronger than you, serbia has its own political and economic and tragedy without russia, they've been those mu

across eastern europe, from belarus to the balkans, people are fleeing conflict and poverty in theiromelands, trying to reach the european union to seek asylum. in recent days, the focus has been on the crossing between poland and belarus, where tensions have been high, as hundreds of migrants clashed with border forces. but there are other routes that people are using to try to enter the eu. one of the most popular is through bosnia into croatia. according to the un, since 2018, 75,000 people have moved through bosnia into neighbouring countries. the bbc�*s fergal keane travelled with a family of afghan migrants trying to make the journey, and sent this report. near the croatian border, a refugee family is waiting to cross. akram was a television engineer in kabul. zarah was a policewoman in herat, but fled in 2016. baby sara was born in greece, where the family had a previous asylum request denied. we are countryless. we are illegally on the border. what should we have to do? they say they've been pushed back from croatia 39 times — once, they allege, with force. they came and hit

also the processes that are not said a spotlight happening in the balkans, especially in soviet brought one yeah. and in boston, i'm just going out. ah, so we do live ah, in, in risks times and, and times i in which i was a rationality is needed more than our appreciate. we do live in intense times though this media, these media reports was saying of a possible russian invasion of ukraine. do you think that scare mongering? i mean, who would a military conflict? but if an air i don't see anyone is here from aud assigned to the west way to ah, to start your own, actually still accused. the enemy adorned a potential enemy, and as to create this as a prisoner's dilemma in which a rich decides become paranoid, and then they start thinking that of the final strike 1st, then maybe a my enemy will. i think this is very dangerous rhetoric because kids can actually eventually lead to a conflict, which nobody wants to see, especially non russia. ah, which is being, in my opinion, very passive in ballasa than yours. i would say since the beginning of that might on crisis and effectively be i would

some of the dryer and brighter for italy, pushing across towards the balkans, a few shower surf, the grease easing over to the eastern side with met. it's right. it will senate see it increasingly sherry to just around the southwest there for spain and portugal somewhere, whether to in see where western passive algeria over the next day or so could cause some flooding. some parson morocco mortality, also seeing some showers along with western sahara, and he, a showers around western africa course once again, all the way into the gulf of guinea. ah, it says he job fair, hoary away with somebody's got to do it. where do you go to that by let's go there boys here promoting clean, safe sanitation for all. but with a 3rd of the world lacking basic facilities, can his unique style really help clean up the math? sunny culture to pop culture is the fastest way those soft, the sanitation problem. mister toilets, a witness documentary on al jazeera. when the news breaks, when people need to be hired and the story needs to be told, hey, with exclusive interviews and in depth reports, the profes

not only in our eastern europe and now in the poli speller was in border y'all to find it in the balkans. i also find it coming from into greece and italy and so on . and also the, that many crises now in sub saharan africa and the theories and mo, mo, my guns will come from that cheerfully. european states, especially these european states. say, we can take these my guns now because i, we have small societies. we have small countries and so on, that they could only bud was too high, and they were dilute, mostly hungry. that takes a very strong view, and victor about music prime minister argues that honeys, ethnic and cultural identity is being threatened by muslim immigrants and by others who don't share that culture for the religion. and therefore, and the czech republic is also pretty strong. slovenia also used as language to that from east and the slab nations plus hungary believe that they have to really ensure that their own cultural and ethnic identities, the not diluted. because if it's not hundreds of thousands or millions of immigrants come in, plan or they mixed to the country