Kosovo Parliament Approves Montenegro Border Deal

Kosovo's parliament has ratified the long delayed border agreement with Montenegro, which both the EU and US have repeatedly pushed for.

November 2012 - Kosovo and Montenegro start consultations on signing an international agreement on border demarcation.

August 2015 - Kosovo and Montenegro sign the agreement in Vienna.

October 2015 - Opposition parties let off tear gas in parliament in condemnation of the agreement, claiming that Kosovo stands to lose over 8,200 hectares of land.

August 2016 - Kosovo government adopts draft law on border demarcation with Montenegro, but it will not come into force until two-thirds of MPs back it in parliament.

September 2016 - As citizens protests, Prime Minister Isa Mustafa first sends the agreement for a vote in parliament but then cancels the vote, saying he will not bow to demands for concessions, presumably to the Kosovo Serbs.

May 2017 - Kosovo government falls after the parliament backs an opposition motion of no-confidence. The ruling party backs the opposition motion partly because of the lack of a solution to the demarcation agreement.

December 2017 - New government under Ramush Haradinaj backs a report by a new commission tasked with re-assessing the border deal, which concludes that the deal damages Kosovo's national interests.

February 2018 - The Kosovo and Montenegro presidents present a joint statement on the issue of border demarcation, saying they want to form a joint working body to identify remaining disagreements.

February 2018 - An attempt to ratify the agreement in parliament fails after the government...