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    • Friday, 3 February, 2023
      Europe Express
      Proclamations and promises as the EU caravan rolls into Kyiv Premium content

      Also in today’s newsletter: Cyprus goes to the polls with few fresh options

    • Wednesday, 1 February, 2023
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      Why EU capitals fear Brussels has got Ukraine’s hopes too high Premium content

      Also in today’s newsletter: ending patent protection for drugs and Europe’s inefficient energy market

    • Tuesday, 31 January, 2023
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      Brussels urged to rein in Ukraine’s ‘unrealistic’ EU hopes

      Member states call on bloc’s leadership to be frank about huge hurdles facing Kyiv’s integration

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      War is waking up western governments to the need for more vigorous diplomacy in the Balkans

    • Friday, 20 January, 2023
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      ‘We need autonomy’: Kosovo Serbs object to western diplomacy

      Refusal to resume work at public institutions reflects their deep resentment of Pristina

    • Wednesday, 28 December, 2022
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      Belgrade puts troops on high alert as ethnic Serbs resist Pristina’s authority

    • Thursday, 8 December, 2022
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      Croatia gets EU approval to enter border-free Schengen zone

      Romania and Bulgaria kept out of free travel area as Austria and the Netherlands voice concerns

    • Wednesday, 7 December, 2022
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      Some member states oppose Bulgaria and Romania joining Schengen

    • Tuesday, 6 December, 2022
      EU to deploy border agents in the western Balkans for first time

      Frontex officials installed outside its jurisdiction in states seeking to join the bloc

    • Tuesday, 22 November, 2022
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      Brussels diplomat says parties’ failure to reach agreement is ‘playing with fire’ as Pristina pushes for wider deal

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      Bloc’s seven-year budget is rapidly burning through cash

    • Monday, 3 October, 2022
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      Former Bulgarian premier faces struggle to build coalition

      Lack of support from other parties for Boyko Borisov raises chances of another caretaker government and new vote

    • Saturday, 27 August, 2022
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      Serbia and Kosovo agree to ease travel restrictions

      Deal brokered by Brussels lowers risk of violence after stand-off between Belgrade and Pristina

    • Wednesday, 17 August, 2022
      Misha Glenny
      Serbia and Kosovo must dial down Balkan tensions

      EU and Nato have crucial roles to play in stopping Russia from exploiting regional rivalries

    • Wednesday, 20 July, 2022
      Tony Barber
      EU stores up trouble for its Balkan enlargement plans

      European pressure on North Macedonia to accept Bulgaria’s demands will set a bad precedent for the region

    • Saturday, 16 July, 2022
      North Macedonia approves EU proposal to start accession talks

      Membership talks have been given fresh impetus by Russian agression in Ukraine

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    • Thursday, 30 June, 2022
      North Macedonia signals acceptance of plan to unlock EU membership talks

      Premier welcomes French proposals as potential basis for compromise on tensions with Bulgaria

    • Friday, 24 June, 2022
      Bulgaria vote buoys prospect of EU expansion into western Balkans

      MPs move to lift veto on accession talks but North Macedonia could reject conditions brokered by France

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