
Former Bosnia Governors Condemn Kosovo-Serbia Land Swap
Three former representatives to Bosnia-Hercegovina urge the EU to oppose the land swap
Former High Representative to Bosnia-Hercegovina Lord Paddy Ashdown has condemned plans for a land swap between Serbia and Kosovo. Its leaders say the plan will end a long-running border dispute. But diplomats are concerned it could destabilise the entire region.
Also on the programme: as the UN's Human Rights Commissioner Zeid Ra'ad al-Hussein ends his term in office we ask - what has he achieved? And for the first time in five decades a NASA trainee astronaut has quit the elite training programme.
Photo: A German KFOR soldier stands guard at the Jarinje border crossing between Serbia and Kosovo in 2011 Credit: SASA DJORDJEVIC/AFP/Getty Images
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