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President Iohannis welcomes Slovenian counterpart Pahor: Western Balkan region, a priority of Romanian EU Presidency. Schengen accession impossible without consensus, everyone putting work into this project. Pahor: I truly want Romania to be part of Schengen

January 15, 2019

President Klaus Iohannis said on Tuesday that the Western Balkan region will be one of the priorities of the Romanian Presidency of the Council of the European Union. “We talked about the heavy files on the EU agenda. Migration is a very important subject in this context and Romania is...

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