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Macedonia wants to be the next Balkan country to join the EU (Photo: European Commission)

Macedonia keen to start EU talks by 2006

The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia wants to become the next Balkan state to start membership negotiations to join the EU - eventually joining the bloc in 2010.

It let this ambitious timetable be known on Monday (14 February) as it handed over its response to a European Commission survey on the country.

Macedonia applied for EU membership last March and the government’s reply to Brussels’ questionnaire is another formal step on the path to opening membership negotiations.

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Macedonia wants to be the next Balkan country to join the EU (Photo: European Commission)

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