Serbia & Montenegro

With the UN envoy review of standards in Kosovo imminent, the country's plan for the decentralisation of powers to local Serb communities is showing few signs of progress. Kosovan Serbs, strongly advised by Belgrade, feel the plan is ungenerous, whilst some Albanians critics are concerned over the creation of clear ethnic divisions. A third draft of the plan is now being prepared. The difficulty in implementing projects at these initial stages serves to demonstrate the enormous challenges that lie ahead of talks concerning Kosovo's final

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