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Balkan countries frustrated at Ukraine's fast-tracked EU membership

Albania's Edi Rama, North Macedonia's Dimitar Kovacevski, and Serbia's Aleksandar Vucic at the EU conference

Albania's Edi Rama, North Macedonia's Dimitar Kovacevski, and Serbia's Aleksandar Vucic at the EU conference Source: AAP / STEPHANIE LECOCQ/EPA

Some Balkan countries have been waiting up to 20 years for promised EU membership - and they're still in limbo.


This story was originally produced for the BBC World Service


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