What is Kurti's secret? Why can neither the USA nor the opposition do anything to him?

Aljbin Kurti
Source: Kosovo Online

Hatred and hostility towards the Serbs and everything that has a Serbian sign among the Albanians in Kosovo, unfortunately, is carefully maintained. Just as once upon a time among the first people, a fire was kept in caves, so in Pristina someone throws a log of hatred on the embers as soon as the flames die down a little.

Albin Kurti shows special care in this sense. The Kosovo Prime Minister is not only a zealous keeper of the flame but also manages to burn it so much that "firemen" from Brussels and Washington have to be on duty 24 hours a day.

And while he waits for Borrell and Escobar to lose their concentration and look away, Kurti wastes no time.

"The Serbs in Kosovo live much better than the Serbs in Serbia," is the sentence he used to best explain the essence of the problem in Serbian-Albanian relations for the Croatian “Vecernji list” the other day.

It's about parallel worlds; Miroslav Lajcak understood that after a long struggle.

We saw the Special EU Representative, worried and frowning, during the last Pristina-Belgrade tour. Not even a glimmer of that once traditionally optimistic man, who believes in quick solutions and agreements.

At the same time, things are going great in Kurti's universe.

"As far as the rule of law, media freedom, human rights, and the fight against corruption are concerned, Kosovo is first in the Western Balkans," the Albanian leader assured the audience.

Some believe him.

According to informed political analysts in Pristina, among the Albanians in Kosovo, support for Kurti is stable, even at more than half the majority. Apparently, Albanian voters like to hear what the Prime Minister tells them. And, he especially hits a chord with them when he insults the Serbs, Serbia, and Vucic.

"We bought Bayraktars, doubled the budget of the army, and increased the number of soldiers. There are bases of the Serbian army on the border, that's why we are very careful," Kurti explains, taking another percentage over with the threats of war, because he can no longer sell praises about the successes in the economy to anyone, not even Vjosa Osmani.

Haradinaj, Krasniqi, and Abdixhiku have no use in nervously calling the US Embassy, and they are calling for emergency meetings in vain. Kurti knows the secret. He has prepared a shed full of those flammable logs from the beginning of this text and he is not worried.

That is why the reason for the fight in the parliament was the first serious crisis of Kurti's government. The only thing that can threaten him is that his people stop believing that the Serbs are really to blame for everything.

Written by: Milos Garic, editor of the Kosovo Online portal