{"id":24030,"date":"2021-11-01T11:56:56","date_gmt":"2021-11-01T10:56:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?p=24030"},"modified":"2021-11-01T12:02:23","modified_gmt":"2021-11-01T11:02:23","slug":"kurti-government-eyeing-positive-developments-on-visa-liberation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/kurti-government-eyeing-positive-developments-on-visa-liberation\/","title":{"rendered":"Kurti government eyeing positive developments on visa liberation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Kosovo is expecting positive developments when it comes to visa liberalization. The government\u2019s spokesperson, Perparim Kryeziu declared for local media KosovaPress reiterated that Prishtina has \u201cfulfilled all criteria\u201d required to lift the visa regime.<\/p>\n<p>Kryeziu also took a jab at previous administrations, stating that Kurti\u2019s government will not commit the same mistakes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis government cannot do the same mistakes that previous governments have done when speaking on behalf of the EU. This is not Kosovo\u2019s decision, although we work hard and vow to address any form of hesitation that a state might have in the most timely and appropriate manner\u201d, he concluded.<\/p>\n<p>But European integration experts suggest that a viable opportunity to lift visas might come in the first half of 2022, a time when France is set to take over EU\u2019s rotating presidency, also largely considered one of the skeptic countries.<\/p>\n<p>Kosovo has fulfilled all conditions to have its visa removed since 2018.<\/p>\n<p>However, several countries, including France, the Netherlands and Denmark have been negligent in giving their approval and allowing Kosovar citizens free movement in the Schengen area.<\/p>\n<p><strong>YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/kosovo\/2021\/06\/24\/kurti-after-meeting-with-macron-no-promises-on-visa-liberalization\/\">Kurti after meeting with Macron: No promises on visa liberalization<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/kosovo\/2021\/06\/04\/greek-foreign-minister-in-kosovo-no-word-on-recognition-pro-visa-liberalization-and-dialogue-with-serbia\/\">Greek Foreign Minister in Kosovo, no word on recognition: Pro-visa liberalization and dialogue with Serbia<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/kosovo\/2021\/06\/04\/the-netherlands-against-visa-liberalization-amid-skepticism-on-corruption-fight-reports-local-media\/\">The Netherlands against visa liberalization amid skepticism on corruption fight, reports local media<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kosovo is expecting positive developments when it comes to visa liberalization. The government\u2019s spokesperson, Perparim Kryeziu declared for local media KosovaPress reiterated that Prishtina has \u201cfulfilled all criteria\u201d required to lift the visa regime. Kryeziu also took a jab at previous administrations, stating that Kurti\u2019s government will not commit the same mistakes. \u201cThis government cannot [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":24031,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[163],"tags":[150,151],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Kurti government eyeing positive developments on visa liberation - Euronews Albania<\/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:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/kurti-government-eyeing-positive-developments-on-visa-liberation\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Kurti government eyeing positive developments on visa liberation - Euronews Albania\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Kosovo is expecting positive developments when it comes to visa liberalization. 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