EU leaders grant Bosnia 'candidate status' for membership

By Agence France-Presse

Dec 17, 2022 12:02 am

Brussels, Belgium: European Union leaders on Thursday (Friday in Manila) granted Bosnia candidate status to join the union, putting the volatile Balkan nation at the start of a long road to membership.

Russia's war on Ukraine has breathed fresh life into the EU's willingness to consider letting in more of its eastern neighbours after years of stasis.

In this file photo taken on Aug. 13, 2018, the national flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina (left) is pictured next to the European Union flag during a welcoming ceremony for Bosnia's Chairman of the Council of Ministers, at the Chancellery in Berlin. AFP PHOTO

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