Serbian President Boris Tadić will not attend a summit of central and southeastern European leaders in Warsaw, Poland, because of Kosovo. The decision came “because Kosovo will be treated as an equal state”. Kosovo’s ethnic Albanians unilaterally declared independence in early 2008, but Serbia rejected this as an illegal act …

International Civilian Representative Pieter Feith has criticised the EU Rule of Law mission (EULEX) for not being proactive enough. Feith said he expected

An agreement on the realisation of the Nabucco gas pipeline project will be signed in Turkey on June 6, Turkish Minister of Energy and Natural Resources Taner Yildiz announced. Yildiz remarked that the agreement is of great importance. 

Croatia will not be given a date for joining the EU at Monday’s (May 23rd) meeting of foreign ministers, European Commission (EC) spokesperson Natasha Butler said on Thursday. She added the EC needs more time to assess

Jose Manuel Barroso opted to cancel his planned visit to Tirana, due to political tensions stemming from the vote count in Tirana’s mayoral election. Barroso was scheduled to visit on Friday as part of a Balkan tour, to offer support to reforms that would help the country achieve benchmarks needed …

Kosovo Parliament requested on May 19th that EULEX and state prosecutors speed up their efforts to indict those who committed massacres during the 1998-1999 war in Kosovo. Lawmakers adopted a recommendation

Kosovo authorities requested on Thursday (May 19th) that European Commission representatives be more proactive on the issue of visa liberalisation. Kosovo has met all technical requirements, Interior Minister Bajram Rexhepi said at a meeting of the working group on visa liberalisation with the EU.

Serbian President Boris Tadić and EC President Jose Manuel Barroso said that “recognition of Kosovo is not a condition” for the country’s EU integration. “There’s no criteria that says a country on its path to the EU needs to recognize independence of some other country or a part of its …

Croatia will become a EU member state on July 1 2013, after having concluded the accession talks before this summer. Zagreb’s optimism is fueled by the expectation that EU Enlargement Commissioner Stefan Fuele’s report to

Serbian Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister Ivica Dacic reiterated on Wednesday (May 18th) that a division of Kosovo could be one possible solution to the status issue, stressing this is his personal view, one he had not discussed with Serbian President Boris Tadic.