EU: Montenegro closest to opening accession talks

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22/06/2011

Montenegro is likely to become the next Balkan country to begin EU membership talks, Union officials indicated on Tuesday.
(The Sofia Echo, Europolitics, AKI, Beta, EU - 21/06/11)
Praising Montenegro for its reform progress, EU officials said on Tuesday (June 21st) that the Adriatic republic could get the green light for starting entry talks with the Union by the end of this year.

"We are very happy about the developments in Montenegro -- a country closest among the Western Balkan states to start membership negotiations," Hungarian Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Zsolt Nemeth said in Luxembourg....more...
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