Kurz: Western Balkans among Austrian priorities
Western Balkan countries would be among the priorities of the European Union’s Austrian presidency in the second half of 2018,
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President of Macedonia refuses to sign new law giving Albanian official language status
The president of Macedonia, Gjorge Ivanov, said that he would not sign the law approved by the country’s Parliament on March
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Proposed new EU visa policy: Easier for tourists, tougher for countries that do not take back migrants
The European Commission said on March 14 that it was proposing to reform the EU’s common visa policy “to adapt
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Western Balkan security tops agenda as EU interior ministers meet in Brussels
European interior ministers convened in Brussels on March 8 2018 to discuss how the bloc will coordinate its latest security and
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IMF, European leaders rebuke Trump on planned tariffs
The International Monetary Fund and European leaders pushed back on March 7 against US president Donald Trump’s plan to impose
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EU defence ministers agree implementation plan for closer military co-operation
EU ministers of defence have formally adopted a list of 17 projects for “permanent structured co-operation” (PESCO) in the field
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UN chief discusses ‘Macedonia’ name dispute with Zaev
UN Secretary-General Antόnio Guterres and Zoran Zaev discussed the dispute over the use of the name “Macedonia” and the developments of
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Rail strike in Greece, taxi drivers strike in protest against Uber, on March 6
Train services in Greece were disrupted on March 6 as rail workers went on a 24-hour strike, while in Athens,
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Schengen’s Automated Fingerprint Identification System goes live in 10 countries on March 5
The first phase of the introduction of an Automated Fingerprint Identification System (AFIS) that introduces biometric search capability into the
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