From January 1st, vehicles traveling from Kosovo to Serbia will no longer have to display stickers on state symbols. With the new year, Kosovars will also be able to enter the European Union without a visa for up to three months
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With the arrival of 2024, the possibility for vehicles with Kosovo license plates began Entry into Serbiawithout partially obscuring the license plates, paving the way for the end of a long argument over the issue.
Previously, vehicles coming from Kosovo or Serbia could only cross the border if they were attached sticker to hide their respective state symbols.
The issue of license plates has been one of the issues that has divided the two countries since the declaration of independence in 2008 Kosovo from Serbia, which the Belgrade government has not recognized, nor has Russia and China.
From January 1stHowever, official notices appear at all border crossings stating that vehicles with Rks license plates, the international code of the Republic of Kosovo, are allowed to enter Serbia. it is not synonymous with recognition the statehood of the neighbor.
The Kosovo Prime Minister, Albin Kurtiexplained that his government would make a similar decision for vehicles arriving from Serbia only if it was certain that the measure that came into force in the new year would actually be complied with, explains Andjelka Ćup, journalist at Euronews Serbia.
To ensure state symbols on license plates are covered with stickers neutralityis part of a temporary agreement between Belgrade and Pristina on September 30, 2021, mediated by the European Union to defuse tensions between the two countries.
From 2024, citizens of Kosovo will no longer need an EU visa
There is another good news for the citizens of Kosovo 2024. In fact, they can enter the European Union without a visa for a maximum period of ninety days Schengenon the basis of an agreement with the EU that has just come into force.
According to the European Commission, Kosovo has already met the necessary criteria for the regime since 2018 Visa exemptionincluding border and immigration management.
However, the decision was approved blocked by France and the Netherlandsconcerned about the possibility of new waves of migration, and by five other members of the Union: Cyprus, Greece, Romania, Slovakia and Spain.