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Bulgaria quits Burgas-Alexandroupolis pipeline

Bulgaria’s Finance Minister says his country is pulling out of a pipeline deal to carry Russian oil through his country to Greece. Simeon Dyankov said Wednesday, December 6, the government has

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EU says Albania must reform before starting EU accession talks

Albania will only be able to move forward towards EU membership when it starts showing more progress on its reform agenda, the Council of Ministers underlined on Tuesday. “Albania has made limited progress in meeting the political criteria for membership

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EU visa talks with Kosovo could start in 2012

Dialogue between the European Commission and Kosovo on visa liberalisation may start by the beginning of 2012. The European Commission in October pledged to instigate the process by the end of 2011, but this may now be moved to January 2012. In its Progress Report for Kosovo, published in October, …

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