Just a few years after the region was devastated by conflicts, leaders of the Western Balkans came together for an important summit both to pledge their path into the European Union and to have it confirmed by EU leaders.
Speaking at a special summit for Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia and Serbia and Montenegro at the Thessaloniki council (21 June), Commission President Romano Prodi said "the process of European unification will not be completed unless the countries of t...
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