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17/07/2008 French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner (right) and his Serbian counterpart, Vuk Jeremic, hold a press conference Wednesday in Paris. [Getty Images] |
News
17/07/2008
- Serbia's DS, LDP sign co-operation agreement on EU integration
- EU to open two new negotiating chapters with Turkey
- Kosovo leaders head for historic visit to Washington
- Macedonia's Crvenkovski won't seek another term
- EP's rapporteur says Croatia could enter EU in 2012
- Pro-Kurdish party proposes 1% election threshold in Turkey
- Turkish Constitutional Court's rapporteur advises against banning AKP
- Albania to hold parliamentary elections next June
- EU may sanction Bulgaria over graft
Features
The Aegean question emerges in name dispute
17/07/2008
The re-emergence of the so-called Aegean question, which the Macedonian government now insists on discussing with Greece, has raised anger in Athens and hopes among refugee children.
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FBiH to sell 49% share in BH Airlines
17/07/2008
In addition to Turkish Airlines, the main contenders for the partial acquisition of BH Airlines are Croatia Airlines and airline companies from Malaysia and Italy.
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Macedonia's Galicnik Festival keeps up tradition
17/07/2008
This year marks the 45th staging of the Galicnik Wedding Festival in a village southwest of Skopje. The festival celebrates a time when migrant workers returned home to be married in a traditional Macedonian ceremony.
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Ergenekon and Turkey's democracy paradox
11/07/2008
EU candidate Turkey has shown that Islam can co-exist with secular democracy, globalisation and modernity. But another political crisis casts a worrisome shadow.
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Roundup
Culture and Sports: Montenegro wins European water polo championship
16/07/2008
Montenegro beat Serbia to take the European title in water polo. Also in cultural news this week: Cyprus won three medals at the European Shotgun Championship, and the Ohrid Summer Festival opened in Macedonia.
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Reportage
European integration process is a "vital national objective" for Albania
14/07/2008
Albania is on an exciting path towards Euro-Atlantic integration -- with a NATO invitation received earlier this year and a push for EU reforms. As the country moves forward, a clear governmental vision will open the doors for full integration and compliance with organisational standards, Albanian Foreign Minister Lulzim Basha told Southeast European Times contributor Sami Neza.
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