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Editorial: The risky war games in the Balkans

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More than fifteen years ago while taking about Europe and the Balkans the former EU Commissioner, Chris Patten gave one of the most eloquent philosophical depictions of the dynamics of change in the region: he said that in the Balkans, just as in the old English folk dance, it is often a case of two steps forward, one step back. The statement fits with the current charged atmosphere with Kosovo and Serbia whose already difficult relation almost deteriorated into a full fledge conflict at the borders. The voyage of a train that was supposed to connect Serbia to the north…

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