Aidan Hehir @FarCanals Twitter profile

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Aidan Hehir

2 years

If you would like to buy a copy of "The Flowers of Srebrenica" by @DavidFrankum and I, you can either send me a direct message or the book is available to order through this link. All proceeds go to charity. #Srebrenica #remembersrebrenica

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Aidan Hehir

@FarCanals

1 year

Clip from my interview on France 24. "Is there a long-term solution?" "The long-term solution is very simple; it's an independent Kosovo...Serbia is a menance to its neighbours...[The Kosovo government] are the people we should be supporting, not condemning." #StandWithKosovo

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Tired of the "both sides" crap. "Kurti has never called for anybody to be killed; Vucic has. Kurti has never been part of a state apparatus involved in genocide; Vucic has. He hasn't changed, he has become more belligerent & more aggressive in the last 5 years" #StandWithKosovo

The Debate – France 24

@F24Debate

1 year

" #Kosovo 🇽🇰 stands for democracy, while #Serbia 🇷🇸 is causing disorder and destruction." @UniWestminster 's @FarCanals explains the historical tensions between #Serbia 🇷🇸 and #Kosovo 🇽🇰. #F24Debate with @markowenf24 . Watch full show ➡️📷

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Aidan Hehir

@FarCanals

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Serbia vs England... Hoping they both lose. #Kosovo #Ireland

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Aidan Hehir

@FarCanals

1 year

This morning @aliciakearns noted that the British Army discovered that Orthodox churches in the north of #Kosovo are being used to store weapons. Kfor was alerted but did not act.

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Aidan Hehir

@FarCanals

10 months

This is so embarrassing. Amazed that Jeta Xharra managed to stay so composed...

Admirim

@admirim

10 months

Jeta Xharra: Radoicic carried out the attack. EU Ambassador: We see some social media but we need to see more evidence. JXH: What do you mean social media? Even Serbia acknowledges this. A: Let's see the concrete evidence. JXH: He confessed!

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@FarCanals

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Never met Noam Chomsky, but when I was a PhD student he was the only academic who replied to my email asking for advice. He got many things right, but he was so blinded by anti-Americanism he was also unforgivably wrong on Bosnia & Kosovo. Your enemy's enemy is not your friend.

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Aidan Hehir

@FarCanals

10 months

The vehicle looks like an American Humvee. Surely, the @DeptofDefense won’t be very happy that Serbia used US-donated Humvees to train terrorists? Vucic has a lot of explaining to do! #Kosovo

Albin Kurti

@albinkurti

10 months

Pictured: The terrorists who carried out the attacks trained in Pasuljanske Livade, one of the Serbian Army's key bases, ~4 days before the attacks. Other exercises took place in the Kopaonik base. The attacks enjoyed the full support & planning of the Serbian state.

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@FarCanals

1 year

I blame the presence of the French police; they provoked this... #Kosovo

Visegrád 24

@visegrad24

1 year

Major protests against Macron in Paris today. The protests against his retirement reform continue.

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Aidan Hehir

@FarCanals

7 months

Surely one of the top ten greatest American idiots of all time?

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Aidan Hehir

@FarCanals

10 months

I've been to northen #Kosovo many times. The Serbian community there are very resourceful, but I don't think they made these weapons from locally sourced materials. Isn't it obvious what's happening?

Albin Kurti

@albinkurti

10 months

These military-grade arms & equipment—seized in @Kosovo_Police 's anti-terror operation after yesterday's attack—leave no room for doubt: The perpetrators acted not alone but w/ state backing. Serbia must be held fully accountable for sponsoring terrorist violence on 🇽🇰 territory.

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Aidan Hehir

@FarCanals

7 months

Good to see Ireland speaking sense on this matter. #Kosovo

Admirim

@admirim

7 months

Irish PM Varadkar says that the EU's measures against Kosovo should be lifted.

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Aidan Hehir

@FarCanals

10 months

Fixed it. The recent violent attacks by Serbian militia on the Kosovo Police - and the murder of Afrim Bunjaku - near Banjska Monastery are unacceptable. We call on the government of Serbia to immediately stop supporting violence in Kosovo & are imposing sanctions until it does.

Secretary Antony Blinken

@SecBlinken

10 months

The recent violent attacks on the Kosovo Police near the Banjska Monastery are unacceptable. We call on the governments of Kosovo and Serbia to avoid actions which could further inflame tensions and to immediately return to the EU-facilitated Dialogue.

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Aidan Hehir

@FarCanals

2 months

Not admitting #Kosovo to the Council of Europe is further proof that the foolhardy appeasement of Serbia continues. The ASM fixation is a red herring; Kosovo is being abandoned to satisfy Serbia. This will only embolden the authoritarian forces that are growing across Europe.

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Aidan Hehir

@FarCanals

1 year

Looking forward to @ViolavonCramon speaking to the journalists involved and shouting, "What the hell brought you here?"

RTK - Radio and Television of Kosovo

@rtklivecom

1 year

Another RTK team is attacked in Leposaviq RTK cameraman, Bardh Bekteshi, was physically attacked, and his camera was broken. In the images sent to us by our journalist Venera Xhoxhaj, we can see the attack of the media teams and the cameraman Bekteshi falling. #RTK #attacked

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Aidan Hehir

@FarCanals

4 years

When you have run out of ideas, been exposed as a charlatan, and watched your public relations exercise implode, describe your critics as anti-American.

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Aidan Hehir

@FarCanals

1 year

Very strong statement in support of the government of #Kosovo this morning from @aliciakearns . Makes it very clear who is really to blame and that the criticism of Kosovo is dangerous and unfair.

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Aidan Hehir

@FarCanals

1 year

Sanctions against #Kosovo ! This is utterly unfair and shameful. The hypocrisy is glaring. Spineless men. This does huge damage to the EU's (already negligible) credibility and imperils regional stability.

DTT-NET English

@dtt_net_english

1 year

🔴VIDEO: EU Commission to launch sanctions against Kosovo as of this week blaming its government over tensions in northern municipalities with Serbia -backed Serbs. EC's Director-General of DG NEAR Gert Jan Koopman tells MEPs of "temporary and reversible ... measures" ...

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Aidan Hehir

@FarCanals

4 months

Just submitted my book. Not real until you actually hold it but feels good nonetheless. #Kosovo

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Aidan Hehir

@FarCanals

7 years

Claiming #Catalonia cant secede because Spanish law prohibits it is ridiculous. Legitimacy of secession isnt dependent on host state consent

Jens Stoltenberg

@jensstoltenberg

7 years

Catalonia issue must be resolved within Spain's constitutional order. Spain is committed Ally, with important contributions to our security.

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Aidan Hehir

@FarCanals

10 months

When this was revealed, there was outraged indignation. "Lies! Propaganda!" many cried. Today, armed men who allegedly murdered a police officer hide inside Banjska Monastery.

Aidan Hehir

@FarCanals

1 year

This morning @aliciakearns noted that the British Army discovered that Orthodox churches in the north of #Kosovo are being used to store weapons. Kfor was alerted but did not act.

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@FarCanals

1 year

"Kurti's being condemned by various different actors in the West who would like Kosovo to go back to being a compliant nonentity that doesn't cause any trouble & simply does what Washington & Brussels order it to do". #StandWithKosovo

The Debate - Kosovo on edge: How to prevent an ethnic escalation in the north?

NATO has sent 700 soldiers, peacekeepers, to Kosovo in the wake of the disturbances near the border with Serbia. This follows violent scenes where Serbs faced off with police. NATO peacekeepers were…

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Aidan Hehir

@FarCanals

6 months

The claim that Serbs are being "ethnically cleansed" from #Kosovo has resurfaced again. As I wrote in October 2023, it is a myth. A dangerous one...

Kosovo Serbs May Feel Insecure, but They’re not ‘Ethnically Cleansed’

Belgrade’s claim that Serbs are being purposefully driven out of Kosovo is not supported by a single relevant international organisation – but that doesn’t mean its inflammatory rhetoric isn’t...

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Aidan Hehir

@FarCanals

10 months

"Everyone needs to return to dialogue immediately so we can get back to doing our job; blaming Kosovo and appeasing Vucic".

Miroslav Lajčák

@MiroslavLajcak

10 months

I strongly condemn the horrific attack against Kosovo police last night. Violence of any form is absolutely unacceptable. My heart goes out to the victims, their families and colleagues. The perpetrators must be brought to justice. Everyone needs to return to dialogue immediately

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@FarCanals

10 months

Armed gangs linked to Serbia have been known to operate in northern #Kosovo for years. The US/EU policy of appeasement has encouraged them. Remember their response to... the attacks on Kfor? the kidnapping of Kosovo police? the discovery of arms caches? Appeasement is failing.

U.S. Embassy Pristina

@USEmbPristina

10 months

STATEMENT BY AMBASSADOR JEFFREY M. HOVENIER The United States strongly condemns the orchestrated, violent attacks on the Kosovo Police this morning, September 24. The Kosovo Police has full and legitimate responsibility for enforcing the rule of law according to the constitution

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@FarCanals

10 months

This hasn't aged well....

Ambassador Christopher R. Hill

@usambserbia

1 year

I agree: Serbia’s future is in the west.

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@FarCanals

10 months

Someone should tell @usambserbia about what happened last Sunday in #Kosovo ; judging from his twitter feed he appears to be in the dark...

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Aidan Hehir

@FarCanals

3 years

Really hoping Kosovo beats "Spain*" this evening...

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Aidan Hehir

@FarCanals

1 year

The US Ambassador is "puzzled" that the gov. of #Kosovo is not obeying orders like past gov.s did ("fairly" is an understatement). "I'm puzzled…it's fairly unique for a government of Kosovo not be responsive to this constellation of actors". Kosovo needs allies, not masters.

U.S. Embassy Pristina

@USEmbPristina

1 year

Ambassador Hovenier: "We have shown over more than a decade or two our commitment to seeing Kosovo take its place within Europe and within European and Euro-Atlantic structures." Watch the full interview:

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@FarCanals

1 year

Until 2019, successive gov.s in #Kosovo slavishly agreed to Western demands. The results? The ASM, the special court, the border deal with Montenegro, failed attempts to join UNESCO & Interpol, no visa liberalisation, mass unemployment, crippling migration & rampant corruption.

Miroslav Lajčák

@MiroslavLajcak

1 year

🇺🇸 DAS Escobar, @USAmbKosovo and I also explained to Kosovo Albanian opposition parties the consequences of the current crisis and the damage to Kosovo’s international reputation. We asked them to support a political solution to defuse the tensions.

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Aidan Hehir

@FarCanals

10 months

The current situation in the north of #Kosovo has been predicted by many people for years. These are excerpts from the evidence I submitted to the UK Foreign Affairs Committee in January 2022. Full transcript:

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Aidan Hehir

@FarCanals

2 months

If you want further evidence that what Germany, France & Italy did to #Kosovo was unjustified & self-defeating then just look at who supports it; the most incompetent diplomat to ever set foot in the Balkans... Richard - the deluded, steaming heap of self-love & lies - Grenell.

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Aidan Hehir

@FarCanals

1 year

Potential explanations; Alicia Kearns made it up The British Army made it up (As was claimed) Kfor were too slow to respond to the army's tip off; when they arrived, the evidence had been removed The first two are utterly implausible; the third isn't.

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Aidan Hehir

@FarCanals

1 year

Don't worry everyone; Kosovo and Bosnia are in safe hands...

Miroslav Lajčák

@MiroslavLajcak

1 year

At @PrespaForum , we discussed the ingredients for reconciliation in the Western Balkans. I stressed that we need to overcome the legacy of the past, seek dialogue, focus on the common 🇪🇺 future, be courageous and have a vision for the entire region.

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@FarCanals

1 year

When Biden was elected, many people said it was good for #Kosovo . I wasn't one of them. This is from 2020.

Biden presidency no magic fix for Kosovo

The election of Joe Biden as US President brings the curtain down on an era of insanity, but given his past record and the diminishing power of the West, Kosovo cannot expect its problems on the...

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@FarCanals

2 months

If there was any justice, we wouldn't be asking why #Kosovo wasn't admitted to the Council of Europe, we'd be reflecting on Serbia having been kicked out.

The Geopost

@theGeopost

2 months

Exclusive: #Banjska attack #terrorists free in #Belgrade

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Aidan Hehir

@FarCanals

3 years

Peaceful election in #Kosovo . Losing parties accept the results. Surely it is now time experts from Kosovo go to the US to give them advice on making democracy work?

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Aidan Hehir

@FarCanals

2 months

Good to hear Albin Kurti speaking in London yesterday about progress in #Kosovo .

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1 year

"Even if Pristina fulfills all its obligations...Kosovo has no guarantee on its core strategic requirements. Kosovo Serbs can retain their allegiance to Belgrade and defy Pristina. Serbia can still reject de jure recognition of Kosovo".

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Aidan Hehir

@FarCanals

10 months

These looked bad at the time; they look even worse after today's events in #Kosovo . Appeasing Vucic is backfiring spectacularly...

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Aidan Hehir

@FarCanals

10 months

This guy is just a minion; he has been sent out to perform by others. That his EU bosses are still calling on #Kosovo to de-escalate is absurd. It's now two and a half weeks since what the EU itself described as a "terrorist attack" happened; still no sanctions on Serbia!

Admirim

@admirim

10 months

EU's spokesperson says the measures against Kosovo are still in place because members "still have not seen enough satisfactory steps towards meaningful de-escalation," even following the deadly terrorist attacks on the Kosovo Police.

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@FarCanals

4 years

Shameful that the new government in #Kosovo has agreed to stop seeking membership in international organisations. In return for what? This is not the behaviour of a sovereign state.

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Aidan Hehir

@FarCanals

9 months

My analysis of the Serbian Gov.'s "brutal ethnic cleansing" claims re. #Kosovo Serbs "...there is no evidence to support the claim that ethnic cleansing is occurring. The living conditions of the Kosovo Serbs will not be improved by Serbian officials making inflammatory claims".

Balkan Insight

@BalkanInsight

9 months

OPINION | Belgrade’s claim that Serbs are being purposefully driven out of Kosovo is not supported by a single relevant international organisation – but that doesn’t mean its inflammatory rhetoric isn’t dangerous. Read more 👉

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Aidan Hehir

@FarCanals

1 year

This looks like a calculated escalation by Serbia designed to provoke unrest in #Kosovo .

Jakub Bielamowicz

@KubaBielamowicz

1 year

According to @Kosovo_Police , Serbian paramilitary forces illegally entered the territory of Kosovo & abducted 3 Kosovo policemen who were patrolling a smuggling route. Clearly emboldened by the accomodating posture of US & EU, Serbia's authoritarian regime continues to escalate.

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@FarCanals

1 year

"the event"... "both sides"... "it remains unclear where the Kosovo police officers were". Hard not to conclude that this is an inherently political statement. Some may even call it bullshit.

NATO Kosovo Force - KFOR

@NATO_KFOR

1 year

Following the detention of 3 KP officers, KFOR has reviewed the location of the event and spoken with representatives of the Institutions in Kosovo and of the Serbian authorities. Based on available input, it remains unclear where the KP officers were at the time of the arrest.

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Aidan Hehir

@FarCanals

28 days

Really sorry to hear that Ismail Kadare has died. A genuine genius. Wrote many of the greatest books I've ever read. Incredible breadth. An active supporter of #Kosovo too.

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Aidan Hehir

@FarCanals

5 months

Great night here in London at the celebration of the 16th anniversary of Kosovo’s declaration of independence . #Kosovo

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Aidan Hehir

@FarCanals

10 months

This is an absolute disgrace. If it comes to pass it will be a terrible blow to the people of #Kosovo . Totally unjust, willfully irresponsible and utterly shameful.

Jehona Hulaj

@jehonahulaj

10 months

President of France, @EmmanuelMacron , in a joint conference with #PM @ediramaal declared that visas for #Kosovo have been temporarily suspended. Why should they be suspended? Aren't these low standards being played with the citizens of #Kosovo ? #Shame

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@FarCanals

4 years

Incredible that the Prime Minister of #Kosovo would agree to a demand from #Serbia that it stops looking for international recognition. This fundamentally undermines Kosovo’s sovereignty.

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@FarCanals

1 year

"European behaviour"?

Serbian delegation travels to Western-sanctioned Iran to order 20,000 Shahed drones - The Geopost

Share the newsA Serbian Foreign Ministry delegation to Tehran will order 20,000 Shahed-136 drones with Tehran, saying “there are no obstacles to improving relations.” Iran

thegeopost.com

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Aidan Hehir

@FarCanals

10 months

I thought this was a parody at first. "More innocent lives are at risk in ongoing hostilities in the surroundings of Banjska Monastery. These attacks must stop immediately." Somehow, @JosepBorrellF manages to crisitise #Kosovo in the midst of the crisis!

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Aidan Hehir

@FarCanals

10 months

Just interviewed on Al Jazeera about events in #Kosovo . Warned that it is implausible that those involved are not sponsored by the government of Serbia.

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Aidan Hehir

@FarCanals

1 year

Probably the worst explanation for the violence in #Kosovo I’ve heard so far. “…the fact that the deal is so near…has also somehow frustrated both [Serbia and Kosovo] so it's a bit like a couple at the door of the church before getting married having second thoughts.”

Yalda Hakim

@SkyYaldaHakim

1 year

. @ediramaal Albanian PM on violence in Kosovo, says a deal to normalise relations between Kosovo/Serbia needs to be struck "there is no other way on earth. The US and EU are not trying to appease Serbia but trying to get Kosovo to be a state that's recognised by everyone"

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1 year

My interview on @TodaywithClaire on RTE Radio this morning. “It is remarkable really that the West is aligning with what is probably the worst government in Europe against a government that is a threat to nobody…the West is emboldening Vucic.” #Kosovo

Kosovo Conflict Explainer

Aidan Hehir, Reader in International Relations, University of Westminster and author of ‘Transitional Justice in Kosovo’

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Aidan Hehir

@FarCanals

2 years

Great to see that the EU is teaching kids that the Western Balkans has nothing to offer beyond bears and dogs.

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Aidan Hehir

@FarCanals

1 year

Delighted that my PhD student Donika Emini passed her viva this morning. Very proud of her; a real credit to #Kosovo .

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@FarCanals

10 months

Progress. This time she didn't yell, "What the hell are you doing here!"

Viola von Cramon 🇺🇦🇪🇺🇮🇱

@ViolavonCramon

10 months

I condemn in the strongest possible terms the violent attack on the Kosovo Police and express my full solidarity with the people of Kosovo. The orchestrated attack on the legitimate police force is absolutely unacceptable whose perpetrators must be brought to justice. 1/

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@FarCanals

5 years

Just arrived back in the UK having been in #Kosovo . The political chaos, tribalism & general despair here in London makes me pine for the progressive transformation & hopeful atmosphere in Pristina. Please send people from Kosovo to help the UK make democracy work...

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@FarCanals

8 months

Really looking forward to Borrell and Lajčák declaring this to be a huge breakthrough and an affirmation of Serbia’s steadfast commitment to regional peace and European values...

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@FarCanals

3 months

Pristina. Great to be back. #Kosovo

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@FarCanals

11 months

This is allegedly the EU's proposal as presented to #Kosovo and Serbia yesterday. A completely unacceptable plan for Kosovo. Anyone who thinks that Vucic would have dutifully implemented the rest of steps once the first four were achieved is delusional.

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@FarCanals

4 years

I doubt there has ever been a US diplomat less qualified to shape #Kosovo 's future than @RichardGrenell .

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@FarCanals

8 months

Great to be part of this huge march in London. Nice to see #Kosovo represented too. #FreePalestine

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@FarCanals

8 months

Interested in doing a PhD? My University is offering 10 full PhD studentships to begin in the academic year 2024–25 for a September or January start. Details below. PhD proposals on #Kosovo particularly welcome ;-) @CSDWestminster @UniWestminster

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@FarCanals

1 year

Very happy to have been invited to attend the Assembly session marking the 15th anniversary of Kosovo’s declaration of independence.

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@FarCanals

1 year

Who should the US/EU support? Some facts about #Kosovo and Serbia...

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@FarCanals

5 years

Really pleased to have won this @Ir2Pwg prize for my book “Hollow Norms and the Responsibility to Protect”. Thanks to all who helped me write it, and to @kirstenainley , @BrentJSteele1 , @ProfKurtMills & Justin Morris for the kind endorsements. #R2P @CSDWestminster @uowsss

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@FarCanals

2 years

#StandWithUkraine

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@FarCanals

3 years

Books aren't real until you can hold them, so I'm delighted to have received this in the post today. More details on the content here: #Kosovo #Serbia #transitionaljustice

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"The current approach is not working. We would ask that the international community learns from our past and ensure we do not adopt a Belgrade-centred policy for the Balkans." Sensible joint call for a new approach towards #Kosovo and Serbia.

Joint Statement on Kosovo

Whilst focus must remain on normalisation of relations and continued Euro-Atlantic pathway for Serbia and Kosovo, recent unrest requires all parties to renew focus on de-escalation and deterrence.

www.kyivpost.com

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@FarCanals

4 years

The LDK's timing couldn't be worse for #Kosovo . A self-defeating move driven by a cabal of old men who never accepted the need for change.

Agon Maliqi

@AgonMaliqi

4 years

Kosovo’s government coalition collapsed. Coalition partner LDK has decided to initiate a vote of no-confidence against Kurti cabinet.

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@FarCanals

3 years

Fixed it... #Kosovo

Miroslav Lajčák

@MiroslavLajcak

3 years

Had a very useful discussion with @RCCint SG @MajlindaBregu . Our activities and mandates have the same goal: promoting regional cooperation and good neighbourly relations. This is why we agreed on closer cooperation and coordination for the region and its European aspirations!

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@FarCanals

10 months

Not a single international human rights organisation that monitors atrocity crimes - and there are dozens of them - supports this claim.

Balkan Insight

@BalkanInsight

10 months

1/2 I #Serbian president @avucic informed #Russian ambassador Aleksandar Bocan Harchenko at today’s meeting that “brutal ethnic cleansing is being carried out in #Kosovo ” organized by Kosovo PM @albinkurti with the support of “part of the international community”.

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Really sorry to hear that Ismail Kadare has died. A genuine genius. Wrote many of the greatest books I've ever read. Incredible breadth. An active supporter of #Kosovo too.

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2 years

Press release from the Serbian Humanitarian Law Centre. Saša Cvjetan - jailed for war crimes against Albanians - was recently "an honoured guest" at a public ceremony in Srebrenica with Serbia's Interior Minister Aleksandar Vulin. Will someone please tell #Kosovo to compromise!

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Aidan Hehir

@FarCanals

1 year

A man with this attitude toward Spanish colonial history is clearly not suited to being the EU's High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy.

Joe Brew

@joethebrew

5 years

Josep Borrell: "La Conquista" consistió en "violencias, inevitablemente", porque "naturalmente, toda conquista derrama sangre". "Inevitablemente"? "Naturalmente"? Un genocidio inevitable y natural? ¿Este es el próximo representante máximo de la diplomacia europea?

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"Interfering"? VV is an observing member of The Party of European Socialists; Kurti is calling for people to vote for parties associated with a group his own party is affiliated with. It's called campaigning...

Visar Xhambazi

@VisarXhambazi

2 months

Interfering in foreign elections has become a common practice for Kurti. This time, he is advising the diaspora on which party they should support 🇽🇰leaders should maintain a minimal diplomatic code of conduct that respects the sovereignty&self-determination of other countries

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Aidan Hehir

@FarCanals

9 months

Article of mine on the ASM; "Demanding that #Kosovo establish the ASM after the Banjska attacks would be the ultimate betrayal of the people of Kosovo and the most glaring example of the appeasement of Vucic to date. It would additionally be a monumental strategic mistake".

DTT-NET English

@dtt_net_english

9 months

🔴 [Opinion] : Agreeing to Vucic’s ASM would be a disaster for Kosovo By Aidan Hehir @FarCanals 👇

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Aidan Hehir

@FarCanals

4 years

My eldest daughter Esme; seems like a few minutes ago she was a tiny baby blinking in Limerick hospital, now she's celebrating being accepted to Edinburgh University. Very proud parents...

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Aidan Hehir

@FarCanals

1 year

I'm quoted here: “The US position has shifted significantly to the naïve notion that if they are nice to Vucic he will become part of the West...The irony is that, while Vucic’s situation becomes shakier in Belgrade, the West seems to be propping him up.”

Kosovo Clashes Show EU’s Balkan Ambitions Are Faltering

The European Union’s efforts to mend relations between Kosovo’s Serbian and Albanian communities are unraveling as violence spills across the north of the country.

www.bloomberg.com

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Aidan Hehir

@FarCanals

6 years

Delighted to finally get my new book in the post. Thanks to everyone who helped, and especially those whose hubris and wilful disregard for reality inspired me to write it. I hope people enjoy my UFO analogy if nothing else... #R2P #humanrights #UN #norms @Ir2Pwg

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Aidan Hehir

@FarCanals

3 years

When you are in a hole stop digging! That "line" does not denote an international border.

Miroslav Lajčák

@MiroslavLajcak

3 years

As the map in my office in the blurred screenshot of my interview has caused some misperceptions today, I am sharing an actual close-up photo of it. It is an official EU map of the Western Balkans. Kosovo is there and so is the line separating Kosovo from Serbia.

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Aidan Hehir

@FarCanals

1 year

@bancroftian @NATO_KFOR @aliciakearns What explains this then? The Chair of the UK Foreign Affairs Select Committee is lying? The British Army is lying? Or Kfor didn't respond to the intelligence quickly enough and therefore didn't find evidence when they did finally investigate?

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Aidan Hehir

@FarCanals

5 months

Took my final year undergraduate students to the Kosovo Embassy in London today. Colonel Agron Bajrami - Defense Attache - gave a presentation to the students on the war in #Kosovo and NATO’s intervention in 1999. @CSDWestminster @UniWestminster @PIRWestminster @uowsss

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@FarCanals

1 year

@aliciakearns is the Chair of the UK's Foreign Affairs Select Committee. Her criticism this morning of US policy towards #Kosovo is further proof that supporting the government of #Kosovo , and criticising the US' current appeasement of Serbia, does not make one "anti-American".

Ilir Kapiti

@IlirKapiti

1 year

Expiring utmost gratitude to @AliciaKearns for her unwavering dedication & insightful contribution during today's Kosovo debate in Westminster Hall. Thank you for your steadfast commitment! 🇬🇧 🙏 🇽🇰

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Aidan Hehir

@FarCanals

4 years

A blatant and unconstitutional power grab by the corrupt elite in #Kosovo . No surprise that this is led by Thaci. The LDK once again proves itself to be utterly devoid of principles. A slap in the face for the majority who voted for change.

Hashim Thaçi

@HashimThaciRKS

4 years

Just finished a mtg w/ the representatives of parliamentary political parties. All of them, except for LVV, agreed that early elections aren't necessary as we must prioritize the fight against #COVID19 . I will respect their political will, the Constitution & laws of #Kosovo . 1/2

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Aidan Hehir

@FarCanals

1 year

"extrajudicial"?

Josep Borrell Fontelles

@JosepBorrellF

1 year

Very alarmed by situation in north of Kosovo: extrajudicial arrests of K-Serbs & Kosovo Security Forces marching in South Mitrovica; followed by heavy rhetoric from Serbia. Despite yesterday's crisis meeting, escalation continues & is becoming dangerous. We will not tolerate it.

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Aidan Hehir

@FarCanals

10 months

My latest on the West's disastrous appeasement of Vucic. "it now appears increasingly likely that large scale violence could erupt...." "Rather than tame him, the appeasement strategy has emboldened him..." "the West’s strategy has been a catastrophic failure..." #Kosovo

KOSOVO 2.0

@kosovo2point0

10 months

If there is any hope for peace in #Kosovo , and the wider region, the West's appeasement of #Vu čić must be swiftly reversed, writes @FarCanals .

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Aidan Hehir

@FarCanals

1 year

"The creatures outside looked from pig to man, and from man to pig, and from pig to man again; but already it was impossible to say which was which.”

Ambassador Christopher R. Hill

@usambserbia

1 year

Joint exercises like Platinum Wolf strengthen our partnership and help our militaries ensure peace and security around the world. Great to see Serbian and American forces working side by side and learning from one another - let’s do more @mo_i_vs ! #StrongerTogether

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@FarCanals

3 months

Took a group of students to #Kosovo ; we visited the "Once Upon a Time and Never Again" exhibition curated by @HLCKosovo . Dedicated to the memory of the children killed in the war and those still missing. Very powerful, terribly tragic. Most of the perpetrators still unpunished.

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Aidan Hehir

@FarCanals

2 years

Long past being shocked by foreign journalist's lazy racism when it comes to #Kosovo - and the "savage Balkans" generally - but was particularly struck by this. When the war was actually raging this guy laments that local journalists didn't have any "sex appeal".

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Aidan Hehir

@FarCanals

1 year

Short video of the graveyard at @SrebrenicaMC from when I visited in 2019. Impossible to take in the enormity of it all. #Srebrenica

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Aidan Hehir

@FarCanals

1 year

Bullshit

Carl Bildt

@carlbildt

1 year

There is plenty of blame to go around for the new crisis in northern 🇽🇰, but the first steps that started the cycle of escalation was taken by the Pristina side. Then it’s been downhill from there. And now it’s really bad.

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Aidan Hehir

@FarCanals

2 months

Et tu, Brute?

Igli Hasani

@IgliHasani

2 months

Failure to decide on Kosova's membership at today’s Ministerial of the @CoE is a missed historic opportunity for Kosova to have a deserved seat at the table and a stronger voice in shaping a united, democratic Europe. It is necessary that the Government of Kosova acts promptly

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Aidan Hehir

@FarCanals

1 year

The PDK: the party that led #Kosovo to being branded an archetypal case of "state capture" by the World Bank in 2017. But if you want to make a fool of yourself, then you might as well really go for it... Pronto!

kos_data

@kos_data

1 year

Opposition leader Memli Krasniqi (PDK) criticizes the Kurti govt: "Looking back, the Kurti govt will be regarded as the most corrupt government in the history of Kosovo. No other government has been more corrupt and associated with organized crime than the Kurti government."

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Aidan Hehir

@FarCanals

1 year

In January 2022 I submitted evidence to the UK government's "International Development Committee" on the situation in the Balkans. I warned of the following in relation to #Kosovo ... My full submission is available here:

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Aidan Hehir

@FarCanals

1 year

@SDoncea No, I just stumbled across something on Facebook last week and thought I'd get involved.

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Aidan Hehir

@FarCanals

5 years

Just arrived back in the UK after an interesting few days in #Kosovo . Wanted to say a special thanks to my guide Arben - pictured below - who walked me back to civilisation before returning to his natural habitat.

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Aidan Hehir

@FarCanals

10 months

Milan Radoičić, the deputy leader of the SL, admitted being part of a militia group that - less than 3 weeks ago - committed what the EU described as an act of terrorism in #Kosovo , which included the murder of a Kosovo police officer. So far no sanctions on Serbia or the SL...

Xhemajl Rexha

@xhemajl_rexha

10 months

NEW: Serbian List said today they are willing to take part in new local elections in 4 northern municipalities, call on #Kosovo Gov to "organize them as soon as possible"

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Aidan Hehir

@FarCanals

7 years

The idea that self-determination for #Catalonia is solely dependent on #Spain 's consent is illogical @CSDWestminster

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Aidan Hehir

@FarCanals

6 years

Probably the most reckless & ill-informed call for military intervention in #syria I've read. No ground troops, no long term plan, no SC mandate; just a liberal's faith in therapeutic violence.

After Douma, the west’s response to Syria’s regime must be military | Simon Tisdall

Bashar al-Assad’s continued mass murder of civilians means there can be no more excuses, says foreign affairs columnist Simon Tisdall

www.theguardian.com

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