{"id":11171,"date":"2017-12-14T11:11:56","date_gmt":"2017-12-14T11:11:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/test.epi.org.mk\/bencher-2016-kosovo-country-analysis-limited-progress-reiterated-recommendations\/"},"modified":"2024-10-14T02:36:05","modified_gmt":"2024-10-14T00:36:05","slug":"bencher-2016-kosovo-country-analysis-limited-progress-reiterated-recommendations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/epi.org.mk\/sq\/post\/11171?lang=en","title":{"rendered":"(BENCHER) 2016 Kosovo country analysis: Limited progress &#8211; reiterated recommendations"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><div class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-8\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<p>The country report (2016) and the Enlargement Strategy (2016) highlight and welcome the entry into force of the Stabilization and Association Agreement (SAA) on 1st April 2016. This step shows a continued commitment on both sides to foster EU related reforms and thus pave Kosovo\u2019s way to joining the EU. Though, Kosovo remains the only country not included in the Schengen visa-free list. The country report notes that the lifting of visa requirements for Kosovo citizens is pending until the two requirements a) demarcation process with Montenegro and b) fight against corruption and organized crime are fulfilled by the Kosovo government.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"vc_btn3-container vc_btn3-inline vc_do_btn\" ><a class=\"vc_general vc_btn3 vc_btn3-size-md vc_btn3-shape-rounded vc_btn3-style-3d vc_btn3-color-purple\" href=\"https:\/\/epi.org.mk\/docs\/C.A_Kosovo_BENCHER.pdf\" title=\"\">DOWNLOAD PDF<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-4\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t<div  class=\"wpb_single_image wpb_content_element vc_align_left wpb_content_element\">\n\t\t\n\t\t<figure class=\"wpb_wrapper vc_figure\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/epi.org.mk\/docs\/C.A_Kosovo_BENCHER.pdf\" target=\"_self\" class=\"vc_single_image-wrapper vc_box_shadow_3d  vc_box_border_grey\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"630\" height=\"891\" src=\"https:\/\/epi.org.mk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Kosovo-1.png\" class=\"vc_single_image-img attachment-full\" alt=\"\" title=\"Kosovo (1)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/epi.org.mk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Kosovo-1.png 630w, https:\/\/epi.org.mk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Kosovo-1-212x300.png 212w, https:\/\/epi.org.mk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Kosovo-1-8x12.png 8w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 630px) 100vw, 630px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t<\/figure>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The country report (2016) and the Enlargement Strategy (2016) highlight and welcome the entry into force of the Stabilization and Association Agreement (SAA) on 1st April 2016. 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Though, Kosovo remains the only [...]","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":11172,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[156],"tags":[361],"class_list":["post-11171","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-test","tag-2017-2"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>(BENCHER) 2016 Kosovo country analysis: Limited progress - reiterated recommendations - EPI<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/epi.org.mk\/sq\/post\/11171\/?lang=en\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"mk_MK\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"(BENCHER) 2016 Kosovo country analysis: Limited progress - reiterated recommendations - EPI\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/epi.org.mk\/sq\/post\/11171\/?lang=en\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"EPI\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/EPI.Skopje\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2017-12-14T11:11:56+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-10-14T00:36:05+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/epi.org.mk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Kosovo-1.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"630\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"891\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"\u041d\u0430\u0443\u043c \u041b\u043e\u043a\u043e\u0441\u043a\u0438\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@epi_skopje\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@epi_skopje\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"\u041d\u0430\u0443\u043c \u041b\u043e\u043a\u043e\u0441\u043a\u0438\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/epi.org.mk\/post\/11171?lang=en#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/epi.org.mk\/post\/11171?lang=en\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"\u041d\u0430\u0443\u043c \u041b\u043e\u043a\u043e\u0441\u043a\u0438\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/epi.org.mk\/#\/schema\/person\/d3bccda7c7052a8ff666427b79e54a83\"},\"headline\":\"(BENCHER) 2016 Kosovo country analysis: Limited progress &#8211; 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