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Balkan states sit in endless EU waiting room as Trieste summit begins

July 12, 2017July 12, 2017 Deutsche Welle Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia

“The future of the Balkans is within the European Union.” European Union leaders made this declaration during the 2003 EU-Western

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Albania’s Socialists on track for win in low-turnout election

June 26, 2017 Deutsche Welle Albania

The ruling Socialist Party has emerged as the likely winner of Albania’s latest parliamentary election. Although the party may have

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian President: More pragmatism needed in work of Southeast Europe Cooperation Process

March 8, 2017March 9, 2017 Independent Balkan News Agency Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Roumen Radev, Serbia, Turkey

At a meeting with ambassadors from seven Balkan countries in Sofia on March 8, Bulgarian head of state President Roumen

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Kosovo police say they foiled terror strike on Israelis

November 17, 2016November 17, 2016 Deutsche Welle Albania, Kosovo

Police in Kosovo have arrested a group suspected of preparing an attack on the Israeli football team and their fans

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Business 

Chinese acquire all the shares in Tirana International Airport

October 8, 2016October 8, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency Albania

Tirana International Airport (TIA) has announced that China Everbright Limited (CEL), an international investment and asset management company based in Hong

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Europe 

EU leaders reassure Balkan nations following Brexit

July 5, 2016July 5, 2016 VOANews Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brexit, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia

European leaders gave assurances to Balkan nations that Britain’s vote to leave the European Union will not stop plans to

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria, Albania sign deal on European integration co-operation

May 17, 2016May 17, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency Albania

Bulgaria and Albania signed on May 17 a memorandum on co-operation on European integration, Bulgaria’s Foreign Ministry said. The agreement

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Europe 

Greeks, Albanians held in large-scale drug trafficking bust

May 14, 2016 The Sofia Globe staff Albania, Greece

Seventeen people, including 11 Greeks and six Albanians, from an organised crime network involved in large-scale drug trafficking have been

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Europe 

In Thessaloniki, foreign ministers pursue solutions to migrant crisis

April 23, 2016April 25, 2016 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Albania, Europe migrant crisis, Greece, Macedonia

A talkfest among the foreign ministers of four countries held in Thessaloniki this week saw agreement on trying to come

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