Alberto Negri
Italian journalist Alberto Negri (b. 1956) writes for Il Sole 24 Ore on Africa, the Middle East and the Balkans, as well as being a member of the board of the Italian Institute for International Political Studies (ISPI). He is the author of Il turbante e la corona. Iran, trent'anni dopo (The Turban and the Crown: Iran, Thirty Years After; published by Marco Tropea, 2009).
With Serbia’s candidacy for EU accession up for review at the end of the month, the tension fomented by Serb ultranationalists is mounting dangerously: witness Serb hooligans’ recent attacks on the Gay Pride parade in Belgrade and at the Italy-Serbia match in Genoa.