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West Balkans soon ready for EU – at least part of it
Oct 25 2009, Ari Rusila

As Lisbon Treaty seems to come into force also the enlargement process in the Western Balkans got new boost. On 14 October 2009 the Commission adopted its annual strategy document explaining its policy on EU enlargement.The document includes also a...

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