... 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... ... exchange:
—
“Great” Albania
: the Republic of Albania, most of Kosovo, part of Macedonia, part of Serbia (Bujanovac and Presevo), Ulcinj part of Montenegro;
—
“Great”...
... 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
.
www.in4s.net... ... showing increasing confidence
in the correctness of the Euro-Atlantic course. In Skopje (Macedonia),
national orchestras play on the central square. In Montenegro
, youth and...
... plant in Skopje
. Lukoil has operated a network of
25 filling stations
in the country since 2005; and there is an agreement on
Macedonia’s joining the South Stream Project
. Promising fields of investment include agriculture, light industry, and religious tourism (Ohrid region). Given the country's prime location at the crossroads of the southern Balkans near Italy, Turkey and the North African coast, the development of a railway or air hub in Skopje would seem viable.
Potential Partners
Slovenia
Lukoil.ru
Pharmaceutical plant Krka-Rus in the town of
Istra
By the end of 2011, Russian direct investment in Slovenia ...