Greece and 6 pro-integration of the Balkan countries in EU

Seven countries have addressed a letter to the European Union requesting the fastest possible integration into the Western Balkans Union. The letter, which is addressed to the heads of the institutions of the union, bears the signature of the foreign ministers of Italy, the Czech Republic, Austria, Croatia, Slovakia, Slovenia and Greece. Greece seems to […]

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