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Bosnia and Herzegovina formally applied to join the EU in February 2016 — but some are saying it could be the next Albania (Photo: EC - Audiovisual Service)

EU Commission proposes opening Bosnia accession talks

The EU Commission is to recommend on Tuesday (12 March) that member states open accession talks with Bosnia and Herzegovina after the country took "impressive steps" to meet the bloc's standards, its president, Ursula von der Leyen, told a parliamentary plenary session in Strasbourg.

"Of course, more progress is necessary to join our union, but the country is showing it can deliver on the membership criteria," von der Leyen said. \n \nThe western Balkan country formally applied to join...

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Paula joined EUobserver in January 2023 and left for Euronews in 2024. Previously she worked for the Spanish online newspaper El Confidencial, where she covered mainly economic and financial affairs.

Bosnia and Herzegovina formally applied to join the EU in February 2016 — but some are saying it could be the next Albania (Photo: EC - Audiovisual Service)

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Paula joined EUobserver in January 2023 and left for Euronews in 2024. Previously she worked for the Spanish online newspaper El Confidencial, where she covered mainly economic and financial affairs.

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