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Moscow, Brussels and Beijing battle for influence in Serbia

Slovenia's recent assumption of the rotating presidency of the European Union Council has revived the debate over Serbia's membership of the EU, involving an array of consultants, intelligence services, Serbian nationalist movements, and European political personalities. [...] (499 words)

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