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By Valentina Dimitrievska in Skopje Kosovo’s Prime Minister Albin Kurti announced his government plans to legalise same-sex marriages in May, as part of the country’s efforts to join the Council of Europe (CoE). If the plan goes ahead, Kosovo would become the first Muslim-majority country to legalise same-sex unions, and the second in the EU-aspiring Western Balkans region. ‘Kosovo will make an effort to soon become the second country in the Western Balkans, after Montenegro, which guarantees its citizens the right to a same-sex life partnership. We will work hard to pass this in the near futu…