Patton Boggs has inked Kosovo to a $1.8M fees/expenses three-year pact designed to bolster U.S. ties, expand connections with international institutions, boost economic development initiatives and promote trade/investment.
Muslim-dominated Kosovo broke away from Serbia in 2008, declaring independence that has been recognized by more than 100 countries. Russian strongman Vladimir Putin used that split to justify its land grab of Crimea.
Critics blast Putin’s comparison as a false equivalency, pointing to the fact that genocide of Kosovars by Serbian government justified that breakaway.
Serbia and Kosovo have been negotiating a deal to normalize relations. The European Union is handling those talks. The fate of majority Serbian enclaves remains the major sticking point between the parties.
PB’s contract with Kosovo’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs runs through February 2017.
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Edelman is providing communications support to Panama’s Ministry of Commerce and Industries under an agreement capped at $97,100 per month.
Ballard Partners has recruited State Department veteran Matt Bryza as a senior policy advisor.
Teneo has extended its contract with the Salama Bint Hamdan Al Nahyan Foundation for an additional four months to July 31, adding another $1.8M in fees to the New York firm’s coffers.
The Syrian Kurdish militia recruits Jim Dornan Strategies to press Congress for continued support in their battle against ISIS and Syrian president Bashar Assad.
The Government of Hungary has hired Strategic Improvisation Inc. to generate positive media coverage and combat negative press coverage of the Central European country. (6 reader comments)
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