To its east, the prospect of joining the EU club has eased tensions across the Balkans.
Sittard expanded ENRC into new minerals, including nickel in the Balkans and cobalt in Zambia.
Every month four to eight tonnes of heroin are thought to pass westward through the Balkans.
That is what the politicians tell aspiring members in the Balkans, as well as Turkey.
To promote training and professional development in the Balkans region by providing distance learning.
Its manager, Bojan Boskovic, talks of turning Novi Sad into the Edinburgh of the Balkans.
In recent years, U-2s have flown reconnaissance missions over Afghanistan, Iraq and the Balkans.
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After Assad falls, Syria could end up like the Balkans, Stavridis told the Armed Services panel.
Not many people from the Balkans, or anywhere in Europe, appear to have been consulted.
Within citizenship, pupils can study recent world conflicts, including the Balkans wars of the 1990s.
This has been accepted by Mr Ahtisaari and other diplomats dealing with the Balkans.
Trade-offs between them are being proposed, some involving issues unrelated to the Balkans, such as Iran.
There has been concern in Europe that Washington could unilaterally cut its commitments in the Balkans.
And when there was strife in the Balkans, we worked together to keep the peace.
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Europe was slow to react when war came to the Balkans, its own backyard.
The migrations began in the 19th century when the Balkans were part of the Ottoman Empire.
Yet the tradition of welcoming persecuted fellow Muslims from the Balkans has an even longer history.
Since then, successive waves of Muslims have left the Balkans and resettled in Turkey.
The rest of the Balkans have been relegated to a map almost of their own.
For analysts of hate radio and its antidotes, the Balkans provide evidence of what works.
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On Friday, Portugal began tests on 10, 000 soldiers and civilians who have served in the Balkans.
Among the candidates said to be under consideration are Turkey, the Balkans or Israel.
EU, it is less clear what it will do in the Balkans, particularly in neighbouring Bosnia.
One idea under consideration is that America should appoint a special envoy for the Balkans.
In both the Balkans and Iraq, no-fly zones acted as steps to much more extensive military involvement.
Muslims in Switzerland are numerous (about 400, 000, mostly from the Balkans and Turkey) but not especially zealous.
Rubin, a Clinton-era official at the State Department who was involved in deliberations about the Balkans, said.
In addition, South America, the Caribbean, and the Balkans have not seen a carrier in several years.
Recently, some European armies have seen quite a lot of action, in the Balkans, Afghanistan and Iraq.
"We came to see the biggest butcher of the 20th Century in the Balkans, " Munira Subasic said.
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