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EU strategy may be last chance to influence Balkans

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EU/BALKANS

With some new ideas -- as well as some old mistakes and misconceptions -- the strategy is an opportunity to reopen the issue of Balkan states’ EU accession, pushed aside for…

Montenegro election affords mandate for pro-EU policy

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MONTENEGRO

The Montenegrin strongman’s comfortable win in the presidential election on April 15.

Migration will be the focus of Austria’s EU presidency

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AUSTRIA

Austria aspires to set the EU's agenda for the second half of the year but has little room for manoeuvre when it comes to major reforms.

Russia will use Orthodox faith to influence Balkans

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BALKANS/RUSSIA

The expulsions highlight the significant role the ROC, which is close to the Kremlin, plays in influencing politics and societies in the South Slav, Orthodox Christian-majority…

Serb unity talk will invite hostility from neighbours

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SERBIA

The new holiday is part of wider efforts by Serbia's leadership to encourage unity among Serbs in the region and promote the idea of a 'Serbian World' concept, where the precise…

TurkStream will compete in a complex Balkan gas market

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BALKANS

With TurkStream, Russia has opened a new export route to the EU through South-eastern Europe under the Black Sea: Bulgaria, Greece and North Macedonia are receiving Russian gas…

Baku seeks to widen its contacts in Balkans

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BALKANS/AZERBAIJAN

Azerbaijan's rising profile in South-eastern Europe, both as hydrocarbons supplier and source of investment.

Central-Eastern Europe will compete for US favour

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EUROPE/US

Trump’s effect on US-European relations.