Albania

EU-US mediation will allow opposition to climb down from three-month protest against premier

The outcome of June parliamentary elections is uncertain thanks to the Democratic Party’s threatened boycott

Adriatic states are keen to participate, but the proposed pipeline needs significant investment

Social democracy faces much the same problems of policy credibility in the Western Balkans as in Western Europe

The migrant crisis will dominate the continent's politics

The presence of obstacles on the road to Albanian unification does not mean unification will never happen.

Each side has nationalist 'red lines' and EU pressure has much to do with any improvement in bilateral relations

For the Western Balkans, the EU's Energy Union plans may focus unduly on the gas sector