Serbia’s Deputy Prime Minister Božidar Đelić said Tuesday the government’s strategic goal was to gain the status of a candidate for EU membership. Another was to be given the start date for the accession negotiations by the end of the year, he said, adding that Serbia expected the EU to …

UNMIK chief Lamberto Zanier will almost certainly be the new Secretary General of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE). The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania, the country that chairs the OSCE at the moment, said that there were no objections to

The Greek parliament has approved Prime Minister George Papandreou’s reshuffled government which hopes to get support for its austerity plan. The prime minister won 155 out of 300, 143 were against, with two abstentions.

Azerbaijan is ready to implement joint projects with Georgia in the sphere of culture, Azerbaijani Culture and Tourism Minister Abulfas Garayev said at a meeting with the Georgian Culture and Monuments Protection Minister Nikoloz Rurua in Baku on Monday.

A spokesperson for the EU foreign policy chief has said that “Kosovo and Serbia were very close to breakthroughs” in some issues negotiated with EU mediation. 

Serbian FM Vuk Jeremić has said that Serbia will soon face a “more strict” approach of the EU, as the country hopes to join the organization. Speaking in Luxembourg during a meeting of Western Balkans and EU foreign ministers, Jeremić said that the union would insist on the implementation of …

Deputy High Representative in Bosnia Roderick Moore says it’s discouraging that nine months after the elections Bosnia has no government at the state level. Moore said that this carries further adverse implications for Bosnia.

Tiraspol said the parties involved in the “5+2” format dialogue should not to expect radical changes as a result of the meeting that is to take place in Moscow on June 21. In a statement issued by the Transnistrian foreign ministry, Tiraspol accuses Chisinau of unconstructive policy towards Transnistria, which, …

The European Union will no longer play a key role in Turkey’s post-election reform efforts because there is no clear perspective on Turkish accession into the 27-nation bloc, Turkey’s ambassador Selim Kuneralp to the EU said.

European Enlargement Commissioner Stefan Fule said that it is possible for the European Commission (EC) to launch accession talks with several countries from the West Balkans by the end of the year.