Open AccessKosowo - koniec Europy?
Author(s) -
Marta Zobeniak
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
refleksje
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2956-5006
pISSN - 2081-8270
DOI - 10.14746/r.2010.1.8
Subject(s) - declaration of independence , independence (probability theory) , political science , sovereignty , declaration , law , foreign policy , politics , statistics , mathematics
Russian Foreign Minister, Sergei Lavrov, once said that Kosovo’s independence could be the beginning of the end for Europe, and that official recognition of its sovereignty would threaten global security. It was feared that Kosovo’s unilateral declaration of independence, and its recognition by European countries in particular, would open up a Pandora’s Box. In fact, as it is claimed in this article, Kosovo may be treated a precedent by other separatist republics and autonomous regions, which might one day demand similar recognition and the same rights that the Kosovars can now possibly enjoy