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Unesco, in cooperation with the Italian Agency for Development Cooperation and the British Council, launched the project " Culture and Creativity for the Western Balkans ". Funded by the European Union, the project is aimed at fostering dialogue in the Western Balkans through the enhancement of the...
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The Electoral Commission of Bosnia and Herzegovina called for elections on 2 October 2022. During the elections, population will vote on the renewal of the Parliamentary Assembly, the Parliament of the Federation, the People’s Assembly, the President and Vice-President of the Republika Srpska, the...
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An informal dinne r was held in Berlin between the European Union envoy, Miroslav Lajcak, the Prime Minister of Kosovo, Albin Kurti, and the President of Serbia, Aleksandar Vučić, to relaunch the dialogue between the two countries, under the aegis of the European Union. Following the meeting, Prime...
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Secretary General of the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ettore Francesco Sequi, met in Rome the Secretary of State of the Serbian, Nemanja Starović. The focus of the meeting was on the centrality of cooperation between Rome and Belgrade in the regional context and on the bilateral level.
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According to the latest Ipsos report published in March 2022 and reported by Euronews, in case of a Serbian referendum about the accession to the European Union, only 35% of citizens would be in favor, against 44% who say they would not be. This is the first time that the majority of Serbian...
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During a speech in the European Parliament, Italian Prime Minister, Mario Draghi, stressed the need to speed up the EU enlargement process in order to facilitate the entry of Ukraine, Albania and North Macedonia and to give new impetus to the negotiations with Serbia and Montenegro. The President...
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Albanian Government proposed the final draft of the new beekeeping regulation law , in order to align with the European Directive on honey quality and labelling standards. On 25 April 2022, the European Commission published an overview of the European honey market , underlining the vital importance...
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Croatian President, Zoran Milanovic, feared the possibility of the Croatian veto on the entry into NATO of Finland and Sweden until the electoral law in Bosnia and Herzegovina will be amended to protect the Croatian minority. The entry of the two countries into the Atlantic Alliance was the subject...
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Following the Italian-Croatian bilateral meeting on 27 April, the Italian Defence Minister, Lorenzo Guerini, announced that Italy and Croatia are committed to giving "full support to Ukraine". The Minister also said that Italy and Croatia will give full support to the path of integration of the...
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During the international conference "The EU meets the Balkans" held in Sofia on 26 April, the European Commissioner for Enlargement, Oliver Varhelyi, stated that Bulgaria must lift the veto on the integration of North Macedonia by June, date marking the end of the French Presidency of the EU...