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Direct flights between Belgrade and Pristina, announced in January 2020, have not been restored yet due to the Corona crisis, BIRN has been told.

The Lufthansa group subsidiary that was supposed to realize the project, Eurowings, told BIRN that on this route "unfortunately there is still no further movement as a result of the Corona pandemic".

Although he welcomed the initiative of "Balkan Schengen", he warned that it could be successful only if it envolves everyone from the region, including Kosovo.

A month after Donald Trump announced Matthew Palmer as the new US Special Representative to the Western Balkans, the White House said on Thursday that its top diplomatic representative in Germany, Richard Grenell, will be its new special envoy for the Serbia-Kosovo talks.