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Serbia Coalition in Question After Budget Vote

Serbia’s ruling Democratic Party, DS, announced it might re-examine relations with its coalition partners after four deputies of an ethnic minority party, Alliance of Vojvodina Hungarians, SVM, voted on Monday against the draft budget for next year. Parliament met on Monday to approve the draft bill. The SVM decided not …

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Croatia’s EU entry talks hit Slovenian resistance

Croatia made progress on Monday towards its goal of wrapping up negotiations next year to join the European Union but entry talks were stalled in some areas by neighbouring Slovenia, an EU member. A dispute over borders between Croatia and Slovenia had kept talks frozen in many policy areas, making …

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Putin suggests rebuilding demolished WWII monument

A World War II monument recently demolished in Georgia may be rebuilt in Moscow, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said Tuesday. Putin told the government’s presidium that the demolition of the monument was “another attempt to erase the former Soviet people’s memory of their common past.” “I believe it is possible …

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