Serbia and its neighbours are still far from joining the EU
Donald Trump could bring the region yet more upheaval
At a summit in Brussels of leaders from the European Union and the six western Balkan states on December 18th, Aleksandar Vucic (pictured), Serbia’s president, was asked what he expected from the meeting. “Nothing!” he snorted. He was sorry, he added, that it meant he would miss a church festival the next day.
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