What to do in/with the Western Balkans?

From the last The Economist, two articles on the Balkans:

- The Western Balkans, a stuck Nation - These countries are hit by the economic crisis, fighting with a culture lacking or tailored against cooperation, with unclear EU and NATO membership status. It is hardly to believe the situation will improve, before a long period of evaluation of the consequences of the last enlargements of the two organizations.

- A year in the life of Kosovo - Even everybody agrees on the extraordinary economic, social and political stability guarantees offered by the EU membership perspectives, at the practical level an infinite number of issues arouse. You need transparent and accountable systems, flexible and, most important, corruption free bureaucracies, human resources and skills and, again, a low level of corruption, in order to skilfully use the EU financial resources. As for Kosovo, it haven't been yet prooved the apocalyptic predictions - aired not for free mainly by Russia - of a permanent turmoil in the area, following the unilateral declaration of independence, one year ago. But, the level of poverty and lack of a clear future are nothing but encouraging for its fate.