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Macedonia-Greece name dispute made no progress because of the Euro crisis

Efforts to resolve the two-decade long name dispute between Macedonia and Greece have been overshadowed by escalating concerns over the Euro crisis. Gerald Knaus, head of the European Stability Initiative, ESI, a multi-national research and policy institute told Macedonian media that the Euro crisis had distracted

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Serbia says EU is not willing to discuss customs in North Kosovo

The next round of talks between Belgrade and Pristina scheduled for next Wednesday will take place most probably. Belgrade keeps on insisting on a special status for North Kosovo. However, Brussels thinks it is impossible to give Kosovo a special status, but in future it might become something like an …

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Geogia sues Russia over 2008 war

The South Caucasus republic of Georgia has taken Russia to court over the brief war the two countries fought in August 2008. Georgia on Thursday lodged a case against Russia at the European Court of Human Rights, accusing Russian

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EU warns Bosnia that it will lose funds due to political situation

The European Union warned Bosnia on Thursday it could lose almost 100 million euros (135 million dollars) of the bloc’s funds for 2011 due to internal political disputes and gave it a few days to agree over the issue. EU Enlargement Commissioner Stefan Fuele “regrets that Bosnia-Hercegovina is the

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Greece backs Serbia’s EU accession

Greek Ambassador to Belgrade Dimosthenis Stoidis voiced expectation Thursday that Serbia will become an EU candidate country in December. The ambassador underlined that Greece fully backed Serbia’s EU integration.

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