... would include representatives of Russia, the US, Great Britain, Turkey, France, Italy, Slovenia and Germany as international observers, with mediation on the part of the EU... ... holding a nonstop informal discussion in order to outline possible scenarios of the Balkans settlement in a long run.
Among the external actors, the UK is the one to be... ... “ethnocentric states”, namely, “great” Albania, “great” Serbia, and “great” Croatia. This scenario would mean the following territorial exchange:
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“Great”...
The border dispute arbitration between Croatia and Slovenia over the Piran Bay was unexpectedly thrown into doubt following revelations that the Slovenian representative broke the impartiality rule. On 22 July, Croatian daily Vecernji List circulated the transcript of tapped phone conversations between ...
... stage its own military parade on August 5, 2015
to commemorate the 20th anniversary of Croatia’s victory in 1995. No doubt the organizers want to outdo the parade in... ... most striking example shows that celebrating the events of May 8–9, 1945 in the Balkans is too complex to impart a universal ideological imperative and insufficiently... ... timed to coincide with the Schuman Declaration of 1950. And this is already happening:
Slovenia is celebrating the anniversary of joining the European Union
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... Russian investors find these deals sufficiently attractive, the country could gain access to the interesting technologies that Slovenia boasts in a number of areas (renewable energy, telecommunications, tourism, construction and engineering, pharmaceuticals and food industries). Russia could gain further entry to the European market and marketing outlets in the Balkans, as well as a loyal partner in the EU, which Ljubljana is beyond any doubt.
Croatia
Although Russia has been one of Croatia’s traditional trading partners since the Yugoslav era
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