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BELGRADE - If a referendum with the question of whether they supported Serbia's EU accession were to be held tomorrow, 49 pct of Serbian citizens would vote in favour of membership in the Union, a survey shows.

If a referendum were to be held "tomorrow" asking whether they support Serbia's EU membership, every other citizen - 49 percent - would vote "yes."

On the other hand, 66 percent think that reforms need to be implemented outside of the issue of EU membership.

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Serbia is too small a country to allow itself any imbalance in relations with great powers, says Zorana Mihajlovic, a cabinet minister and a deputy PM.

Serbia is too small a country to allow itself any imbalance in relations with great powers, says Zorana Mihajlovic, a cabinet minister and a deputy PM.

Bulgaria is at the bottom of the European Union on visits of citizens of cultural and sporting events, according to European Statistical Office Eurostat data for 2016

The majority of Western Balkan countries rely on thermal power plants and many of the new plants which are being built do not comply with the newly approved EU standards for environment protection, the Independent Balkan News Agency reported. 

The European Commission launched on June 14 a legal action against the Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland for failing to respect their commitment to take in refugees.

EU Commissioner Johannes Hahn has said that it was "not unrealistic" that Western Balkan states could be absorbed into the EU before 2024.

The European Commission has launched legal action against three EU member states, claiming Poland, Hungary, and Czech Republic have not "taken the necessary action" in dealing with migrants and refugees.

Infringement proceedings were launched by Brussels on Tuesday.

BELGRADE - It is clear that the EU cannot afford to import another unresolved bilateral conflict through enlargement, Markus Ederer, State Secretary of the German Federal Foreign Office, said in Belgrade on Tuesday.