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September, 2012

  • 3 September

    EU Farming Standards Pose Test For Montenegro

    Head of agricultural union supports EU parliamentarian’s view that agriculture will be one of the most challenging issues in the next stage of Montenegro’s European integration talks.An EU official’s remarks – that Montenegro will have to work hard to modernise agriculture as part of its EU accession process – has …

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  • 3 September

    “ANTI-SYSTEM” ON A RISING TREND – PERSPECTIVES FOR EUROPE

    Recent developments in Europe, where the economic crisis continues to affect the political and social life, are showing a worrying rise of the “traditional” extreme – both right and left – parties, as well as of the newer “anti-system” or  “fringe” movements that oppose the existing institutions (especially the global …

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  • 3 September

    TRANSNATIONAL ACTORS VS. NATIONAL STATES: LOST BATTLE?!

    The worldwide economic evolution and many political developments in Europe and the world are showing to most analysts a worrying trend consisting in a balance of power shifting from national states towards transnational economic actors, corporate (the big multinational and transnational companies) as well as institutional (the international financial institutions …

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August, 2012

  • 31 August

    Kosovo Still Key to Serbia’s Progress, EU Says

    The upcoming European Commission opinion on Serbia will reveal that Serbia has made only limited progress in the past year, the Commissioner for Enlargement has warned.The EU Commissioner for Enlargement, Stefan Fule, said he cannot give an exact date when Serbia will be able to open EU membership talks, as …

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  • 31 August

    EBRD to approve EUR 800 million loan to Serbia

    This was announced by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) President Suma Chakrabarti, who spoke in Belgrade on Friday. He told Tanjug that Serbia can count on a EUR 400 million EBRD loan this year and probably the same amount of money in 2013.

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  • 31 August

    Serbian foreign minister addresses NAM summit

    This was heard from Serbian Foreign Minister Ivan Mrkić, who on Friday in Tehran addressed the he 16th Summit of Heads of State and Government of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) Mrkić told the representatives of more than 120 countries that Belgrade is also devoted to dialog with Priština, but added …

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  • 31 August

    Serbia won’t join NATO, defense minister says

    He stressed that Serbia would not join NATO. The minister explained that Serbia would continue to develop good cooperation with everybody within the Partnership for Peace program. Vučić and Ashenhurst stressed the importance of cooperation in the State Partnership Program which is mutually important and useful in all segments of …

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  • 31 August

    Bosnia Vows to End Ethnically Divided Schools

    The Education Ministry in the larger of Bosnia’s two entities has unveiled a two-year plan to end the phenomenon of ‘two schools operating under one roof’ and unite children of different ethnic groups.The Education Ministry of the mainly Bosniak and Croat Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina has presented a solution …

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  • 31 August

    Bulgaria Ready for Schengen Entry, Barroso Claims

    Bulgaria meets the necessary criteria to join the Schengen Agreement, according to European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso. According to the EC President, the Schengen issue should be decided in favor of Bulgaria.

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  • 31 August

    Macedonian Ministers Told to Lie Low in Elections

    Macedonia’s government is mulling recommendations from the OSCE’s election body, the Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, ODIHR, that ministers stop abusing their official positions during election campaigns.The ODIHR says that during election campaigns, ministers should perform only “technical duties”, and not appear at public events such as openings …

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