Serbian government approves Kosovo deal

The Prime Ministers of Serbia and Kosovo reached in Brussels that would give Kosovo’s ethnic Albanian leadership authority over rebel Kosovo Serbs. In turn, the minority Serbs would get wide autonomy within Kosovo.

However, the serbs living in northern Kosovo, rejected the agreement, demanded that the EU-brokered agreement be annulled and branded the Serbian officials who endorsed it “traitors”.

Ending the partition of Kosovo between the Albanian majority and the Serb-controlled north —about a fifth of the country — is a key condition of Serbia’s further progress toward EU membership.