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EU to open accession talks with Albania, North Macedonia

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The 27 EU member states agreed on July 18 to open accession negotiations with Albania and North Macedonia, which have been pending since 2020. “We have taken another important step towards bringing the Western Balkans closer to the EU,” said Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala.

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Pokrovsk, a city that held back some of Russia’s fiercest assaults for over a year, is now on the verge of falling. The Kyiv Independent’s Francis Farrell explains how the battle reached this point and what Pokrovsk’s fall could mean for the wider defense of Donetsk Oblast.

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