On Wednesday, Kosovo officially applied for EU membership after President Vjosa Osmani, Prime Minister Albin Kurti and Parliamentary Speaker Glauk Konjufca signed the corresponding documents.
In 2008, Kosovo gained independence from Yugoslavia and became Europe’s youngest state. It only has “potential EU candidate” status.
Over 100 countries recognized the new state, but not Russia, China, Serbia and the five EU countries of Spain, Romania, Slovakia, Greece and Cyprus, which remains as the biggest obstacle.
Serbia has not given up its claim to Kosovo, and tension remains high in the northern part of the country, which is inhabited by ethnic Serbs.
