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European officials meet in Belgrade on October 21, 2023, to call for urgent calming of tensions and re-launching of talks on normalisation of ties between Kosovo and Serbia. DIMITRIJE GOL/AFP

Kosovo and North Macedonia show how peace can be made

The two new countries were forged after the Balkans War in the 1990s. While tensions remain, they are evidence of what can be achieved with international support.

Omer Onhon 20 April 2024
People walk outside the venue of the EU Western Balkans Summit, in Tirana, Albania, Monday, Dec. 5, 2022. As the war in Ukraine has put the bloc's enlargement back at the top of the agenda, Albania hosts in Tirana leaders of the EU and the Western Balkans countries for a one-day summit aimed at reinvigorating the bloc's enlargement process. (AP Photo/Andreea Alexandru)

EU, Western Balkans To Boost Partnership Amid Ukraine War

European Union leaders and their Western Balkan counterparts worked to strengthen their partnership at a summit Tuesday as Russia’s war in Ukraine threatens to reshape the geopolitical balance in the…

AP 06 December 2022
FILE - From right, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama, North Macedonia's Prime Minister Dimitar Kovacevski and Czech Republic's Prime Minister Petr Fiala shake hands prior to a meeting at EU headquarters in Brussels, on July 19, 2022. The war in Ukraine has put the European Union's expansion at the top of the agenda as officials from the Western Balkans and EU leaders gather Tuesday for a summit intended to reinvigorate the whole enlargement process. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo, File)

Enlargement Back On EU’s Agenda At Western Balkans Summit

The war in Ukraine has put the European Union’s expansion at the top of the agenda as officials from the Western Balkans and EU leaders gather Tuesday for a summit intended to reinvigorate the whole…

AP 05 December 2022
This handout photo released by the Arabic Twitter account of the "Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan" on August 18, 2021 shows a Taliban delegation led by the head of the negotiating team Anas Haqqani (C-R) meeting with former Afghan government officials including former president Hamid Karzai (C-L) at an unspecified location in Afghanistan. (Photo by - / Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan / AFP)

Taliban and the Future of Afghanistan: Reassurance Messages or Tactical Steps?

Taliban is an Islamist movement that has reappeared at the international and regional scene as it succeeded in regaining control over Afghanistan following a 20-year absence since the American war on…

Ahmed Taher 20 August 2021
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With her collection 'Con' having won Spain's 2025 National Poetry Prize, the Galician writer spoke to Al Majalla about the process of creation as she works on her first novel.

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