A concern that Italy is not adequately exploiting its assets in the Balkans has again started to agitate Italian politicians.According to Dario D’Urso, a contributor to the CeSPI report, Italy played a leading role in the Balkans in the 1990s and early 2000s thanks to bilateral relations and multibilateral endeavours. …

Minority Serbs in Kosovo already enjoy considerable rights under the country’s constitution. Creating an association of Serb-majority municipalities will only further entrench the ethnic divide.One topic currently dominates the so-called dialogue between Kosovo and Serbia – the political association of Kosovo municipalities with a Serb majority, otherwise known as the …

Accession to the EU in 2013 and to the Schengen zone on January 1 has meant a serious upgrade when it comes to policing Croatia’s border with Serbia. Illegal crossing are unlikely to go undetected, but that does not stop some from trying. The external frontier of Europe’s passport-free Schengen …