2023 Western Balkans Summit, Tirana
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Tirana Tirana ( , ; ) is the capital and List of cities and towns in Albania, largest city of Albania. It is located in the centre of the country, enclosed by mountains and hills, with Dajti rising to the east and a slight valley to the northwest ov ...
,
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was the tenth annual
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of the
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, the
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initiative for the
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of the
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into the Union. It was the first of the Berlin Process summits to be held in a Western Balkan state. A follow up meeting took place in
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on 13 December 2023.


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Berlin Process The Berlin Process is an intergovernmental cooperation initiative linked to the future enlargement of the European Union. History The Berlin Process started with the 2014 Berlin Conference, which was followed by the 2015 Vienna Summit, the ...
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Enlargement of the European Union The European Union (EU) has expanded a number of times throughout its history by way of the accession of new member state of the European Union, member states to the Union. To join the EU, a state needs to fulfil economic and political condit ...
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Potential enlargement of the European Union There are currently nine states recognised as candidates for membership of the European Union: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia, Moldova, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia, Turkey, and Ukraine. Kosovo (the independence of which is ...


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