BritishTimes: Which of these pieces of puzzle will explode and where Putin's role is here

Macedonia's NATO entry marks the end of a long battle, but the drafting of the region in a way that would satisfy all actors remains an impossible point, the British daily Times writes.

Describing the former Yugoslavia as a seven-part conglomerate, six former republics plus Kosovo, the Times writes that two decades after the end of the war in the Balkans, the European Union and NATO are counting on newborn states by investing in them billion dollars and promising partnerships, in an effort to ensure peace and solutions to borders.

With Macedonia's entry into NATO and in the future, potentially as a country that will start negotiations on EU accession, with the northern and southern parts of Croatia, Slovenia, Montenegro and Macedonia still standing at the heart of this region that is still going wrong, the Times says. Periscope.

According to this scripture, during the past year, Kosovo and Serbia's President Hashim Thaci and Aleksandar Vuciq have negotiated behind the closed doors for an agreement on exchange of territories or what they call border correction”, but nevertheless, visating the borders will still not be an easy step”.

The Times also writes that if an agreement is reached, Belgrade would recognise Kosovo's independence, the door to Serbia's EU membership would open, and that such a plan is supported by EU High Representative Federica Moghrini.

But anyway, the paper writes, Kosovo's plan inspired a new life in Republika Srpska's Milorad Dodik's ambition.

And if this starts to be implemented this way, there will remain a way to resolve borders across all countries of the former Yugoslavia” and that one of the seven pieces of the puzzle could potentially detonate”.

In the long analysis of the paper, it says that Turkey, China and Gulf countries, along with Russia, have joined together to boost influence in the Balkans.

The Times also leaves a special space for Russian President Vladimir Putin's visit to Serbia and his messages to Kosovo.

According to the Times, Putin's calls during Serbia's visit to the West were that there would be no solution for Kosovo without Russia being there” and that ♫Putin position itself as a guarantor for the Kosovo process. /Periscope.