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Macedonia Ponders Alexander Effect on Greece

While some fear the new statue will pour oil onto the flames of the ‘name’ dispute with Greece, other say ties are already so damaged it will make no difference. Experts are divided over whether the erection of a huge statue of Alexander the Great in the middle of Skopje …

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Serbia expects EU to be strict, but fair

Serbia’s Deputy Prime Minister Božidar Đelić said Tuesday the government’s strategic goal was to gain the status of a candidate for EU membership. Another was to be given the start date for the accession negotiations by the end of the year, he said, adding that Serbia expected the EU to …

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UNMIK chief likely to take over top OSCE job

UNMIK chief Lamberto Zanier will almost certainly be the new Secretary General of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE). The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania, the country that chairs the OSCE at the moment, said that there were no objections to

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