EU to approve Balkan candidates
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Bulgaria and Romania are set to get the green light to join the EU in 2007, but under tough conditions.
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The EU sought Monday to boost the election chances of Serbia's pro-European President Boris Tadic, offering to sign a cooperation deal after a poll that is shaping up as a "referendum on Europe".
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The European Union is set to approve a  first step toward closer ties with Serbia and Montenegro Monday  after a Bosnian Serb war crimes suspect turned himself in to  the U.N. tribunal for former Yugoslavia, diplomats said Sunday.
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European Union leaders are set to offer Serbia a fast track to candidacy for membership of the bloc and pledge to step up preparations for a police mission to stabilize Kosovo, a draft statement for Friday's EU summit said.
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Days before presidential polls in  Serbia pitting a pro-EU liberal against a nationalist, the  European Union announced on Friday it would launch discussions  on offering Serbs visa-free access to the bloc.
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The European Union is considering signing an interim pact on trade and cooperation with Serbia before a February 3 presidential election to try to boost the pro-European incumbent, diplomats said on Friday.
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Britain is to give &quot;gradual access&quot; to Bulgarian and Romanian workers seeking to come here after their countries' expected accession to the European Union next year.
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The European Commission was set to confirm that Romania and Bulgaria are on track to join the European Union in 2007, although Croatia will have to wait, according to leaked documents.
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The European Union has welcomed the re-election of Serbia's pro-Western president.  Will it get Serbia an early EU entry?
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The European Union will this week  spell out to Serbia the exact steps needed for the country to  clinch closer ties with the bloc, mainly by arresting war  crimes fugitives, EU Commissioner Olli Rehn said on Thursday.
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The European Commission has given Bulgaria and Romania the green light to join the European Union in January, but with the closest monitoring system ever imposed on new members.
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European Union nations gave preliminary approval Monday to plans to send a 1,800-member mission to Kosovo to replace the current U.N. mission, diplomats said.
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In this poor Balkan country set to join the European Union in January, brazen slayings _ along with gang shootouts and car and apartment bombings _ have almost become part of the fabric of everyday life.Comment
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The Serb parliament is expected to adopt a resolution on Wednesday implicitly rejecting membership of the European Union and NATO if the West recognizes the independence of Kosovo.
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Politics: 14 January 2005, Friday. Bulgaria and Romania still has a lot to do to meet completely the EU accession criteria, EU Enlargement Commissioner Ollie Rehn said in an interview for BBC Bulgarian.
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European Union leaders will offer  Serbia a fast-track route to joining the bloc in a bid to  soothe Balkan tensions over Kosovo's push for independence, a  summit draft showed on Friday.
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Senior European Union officials are visiting the Balkans to discuss progress towards EU accession.