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Officials from Turkey and the European Union will meet June 13 in Brussels for a political dialogue meeting to review the current status of issues on their mutual agenda and to discuss ways of moving forward after a period of tension.

The discussions will set the stage for higher-level gatherings at the ministerial level for political, energy, and economy dialogue meetings. 

The EU is pushing its enlargement policy into background; the strengthening of the front toward Russia and of investors' interests will follow in the Balkans.

At the same time, Serbia is "expected to give up Kosovo," Left Party member of the German parliament Sevim Dagdelen has told Deutsche Welle.

Macedonia's new government will work hard to convince the EU to revive accession talks by this autumn, and to address Greece's objections to the country's NATO accession, Prime Minister Zoran Zaev told top EU and NATO officials in Brussels on Monday.

Turkey should stick to its European Union process in economic, security and democratization terms, the head of the country's top business organization has said, while also reiterating the organization's call for the launch of a comprehensive structural reform package. 

President Rumen Radev met in Sofia with Mladen Ivanic, Chairman of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina, reported BNR.

The two discussed the challenges facing the region such as the slow rate of economic development, insufficient employment, political instability, ethnic tensions and migratory pressure.

The EU is pushing its enlargement policy into the background; strengthening of the front toward Russia and of investors' interests will follow in the Balkans.

At the same time, Serbia is "expected to give up Kosovo," Left Party member of the German parliament Sevim Dagdelen has told Deutsche Welle.

Bulgarian and Greek special forces took part in a joint anti-terrorist training exercise at the Ilinden border checkpoint, Bulgaria's Interior Ministry said, quoted by the Independent Balkan News Agency. 

The scenario in the exercise was to neutralise a terrorist group located in a former embassy, the statement said.

Turkey and the European Union will hold a political dialogue meeting on June 13 in Brussels "to take stock of where both sides are in their relationship," an EU official has told the Hürriyet Daily News.

Turkey and the European Union will hold a political dialogue meeting on June 13 in Brussels "to take stock of where both sides are in their relationship," an EU official has told the Hürriyet Daily News.

When the eurozone finance ministers last gathered in Brussels on May 22 to haggle over debt relief for Greece, Spain's representative Luis de Guindos turned to the International Monetary Fund's representative Poul Thomsen and, according to the leaked minutes of the meeting, said, "You cannot be half-pregnant."