KOSOVO-SERBIA-EU-POLITICS-SOVEREIGNTY

Kosovo Serbs talk on September 10, 2012 in front of a wall with graffiti, reading: „From here there is no going back,” in the ethnically divided city of Mitrovica. Western powers, which have overseen Kosovo since its 2008 unilateral declaration of independence from Serbia, ended their supervision over the territory on September 10. The International Steering Group (ISG), made up of 23 European Union members, Turkey and the United States, had overseen Kosovo for the last four years. Serbia — which has never accepted Kosovo’s declaration of independence on February 17, 2008 — dismissed the sovereignty announcement as meaningless. AFP PHOTO/SASA DJORDJEVIC