Kosovo not ready to lift 100% tariff
TIRANA, Albania (AP) — Kosovo will not lift its 100% tariff on goods from Serbia and Bosnia any time soon because the coalition government could not agree on whether the import taxes should be phased out or abolished all at once, the country’s prime minister said Friday. Prime Minister Albin Kurti said his left-wing Self-Determination Movement, or Vetevendosje, wanted to lift the tariff in phases, starting Sunday with raw materials imported from Serbia, as a goodwill gesture. The party’s main governing partner, the Democratic League of Kosovo, or LDK, wants the import taxes dropped completely. Kurti wants abolishment of the tariffs made conditional on Serbia stopping an international campaign against Kosovo’s recognition as a country. The coalition partners have not found a compromise, Kurti said.




