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JAN PETERSEN- The Norwegian foreign minister hopes a solution can be found in a matter of days (Photo: European Commission)

Enlargement deal stalls over war-time expulsions

The enlargement of the European Economic Area is being blocked by a dispute between Liechtenstein, the Czech Republic and Slovakia which is more than 60 years old.

Tuesday’s negotiations on expanding the EEA Agreement - between EU countries and Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein - to the 10 new member states who will join the Union next year, was stalled because of a dispute over a 60 year-old order to expel ethnic Germans from what was Czechoslovakia.

The Benes Decrees which ...

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JAN PETERSEN- The Norwegian foreign minister hopes a solution can be found in a matter of days (Photo: European Commission)

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