06/06/2018 (Agence Europe) – On Tuesday 5 June, the Kosovar authorities and European Commission signed an agreement for Kosovo's participation in the Erasmus + and Creative Europe programmes, during a ceremony attended by the European Commissioner for Education and Culture, Tibor Navracsics, the Minister of Culture, Youth and Sport of Kosovo, Kujtim Gashi and the Minister of Education, Science and Technology of Kosovo, Shyqiri Bytyqi. The Agreement will still have to be ratified by the Kosovar Parliament. The Commissioner said that these two programme will help “to build bridges between the European Union and Kosovo and promote mobility”. This agreement is part of the implementation of the strategy for the Western Balkans unveiled by the European Commission last February (see EUROPE 11955). (CG, trainee)