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For mr kurti equally clear. does it really matter beyond the two men's hostility towards each other? how disturbing is that for the balkans generally? when there's an actual war going on in ukraine, you do not want a frozen conflict flaring up in the western balkans. that's a distraction that the united states and the european union simply don't need at this time. now, the presence of the nato peacekeepers in kosovo to a great extent keeps everyone honest. in fact, the commander of kfor said that if kfor hadn't been there, there might be actual conflict now. so it's doing itsjob. it's making s...

Of things he is saying, because anyone else saying those kind of things and coming up with the kind of criticisms of the political system he comes out with would perhaps find himself injail. other people believe, no, mr prigozhin�*s actions are a potential threat to the political system here. how free are you to say what you think and report on what you want to do? there's no one looking over my shoulder, so we can report as we see the story. but obviously, it's a challenging environment because as relations deteriorate between russia and the uk and russia and the west, and just when you thi...

Be considered, dismissing it as sort of anti—china propaganda, a lie perpetrated by china's enemies. and yet here you have one of its most senior scientists, of course, not saying that he thinks covid came from a lab, farfrom it, but at least saying that he does not yet believe there is evidence convincing enough to entirely rule it out. what's your feeling? i mean, was it somebody in a lab, perhaps in wuhan, didn't quite wash his or her hands sufficiently, took the disease home and it spread? or is it something more complex than that? the early cases were connected to a wildlife market. tha...

Denying now that that interview took place, which perhaps gives you some indication that there may be some pressure of some sorts. but i hope not. and i hope not, more than anything, john, because, after all, this is one of the most important questions facing humankind. we need to know where this virus came from. it is important notjust for those who've suffered through it, but at a country level as well, for national governments, not least china's, of course. it needs open discussion, open debate. that's exactly what our podcast has set out to do. you know, and there are a whole host of inter...

Against the result. guy de launay is the bbc�*s balkans correspondent and he spoke to me from the peace and calm of a square in ljubljana, in slovenia. anybody who was cautious about raising tensions in north kosovo would be moving very carefully in terms of having those mayors take office. but albin kurti, the prime minister of kosovo, you couldn't really define him in those terms. and he set about ensuring that those mayors were inaugurated and notjust that, but they would physically take office in these four towns in north kosovo. and that was achieved with force, with armed units of koso...