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https://europeanwesternbalkans.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/dsc_9382.jpg1200799The Western Balkans do not exactly enjoy a good perception in the rest of Europe. The region has seen to be stigmatized and prejudiced, associations are mostly drawn to ethnic conflicts, corruption and political crises. In the European Union which continues to struggle its own internal crises, the idea of Balkanization hence the fragmentation of […]