"The only successful agreements implemented are those where Moscow played no role"

The Center for European Policy Analysis (CEPA) additionally states that the appointment of a new U.S. Envoy to restart talks between Kosovo and Serbia provides fresh impetus for a final resolution to one of the most intractable regional problems, the author Janusz Bugajski wrote.
As it is stated in the mentioned text, during Kosovo's election campaign, crime and corruption, in addition to health care and education, topped the agenda, but the incoming government must not only commit itself verbally to rooting out the worst abuses, it needs to start delivering results.
"Slogans and promises may no longer placate an electorate that has grown increasingly frustrated with the lack of economic progress or satisfy international players who see the country as being stuck in a hole".
"The anti-corruption initiative must encompass all government institutions. Strict standards of accountability and the reporting of assets owned by officials must be mandatory, while any contacts between elected officials and private businesses must be transparent and subject to investigation. Judicial reform must also be completed to replace judges and prosecutors who grow wealthy on bribes", it is stated in the article.
It is added that the head of the election-winning party Vetevendosje, Albin Kurti, may be the most significant figure since independence to tackle government corruption, especially as he is not implicated in any opaque deals.
"A second major task for the new administration in Prishtina is to speak with one voice in resolving its standoff with Serbia. The speedy formation of a coalition government between Vetevendosje and the Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK), which came second in the elections, would send a strong signal of unity in foreign...