EU countries have reached an agreement on the extension of the financial and economic sanctions against Syria for another year. They also lifted the arms embargo when it comes to the Syrian rebels.

Political representatives of Serbs from Kosovo should hold a meeting with Prime Minister Ivica Dačić and his first deputy, Aleksandar Vučić. The meeting

Turkey’s efforts to join the EU are going nowhere because Ankara has failed to live up to its obligations for change and reform, the EU said Monday. It is “in the interest of both parties that accession negotiations gain further momentum,” a statement said after a meeting of the EU-Turkey …

Tunisian President Moncef Marzouki will pay a two-day visit to Turkey on Tuesday to have talks with senior Turkish officials. Marzouki, who is visiting Turkey upon the invitation of Turkish President Abdullah Gül, is scheduled to address the Turkish Parliament on Wednesday.

Democratic Party (DS) honorary president Boris Tadić and Swedish FM Carl Bildt have agreed that Serbia deserves to get a date for the EU accession talks.

The president of Bosnia’s Muslim-Croat federation has been freed from jail following his arrest last month on corruption charges. The Constitutional Court ruled on May 24 that Zivko Budimir and

Bulgarian candidate for Prime Minister, Plamen Oresharski, will present the line-up of his cabinet to President Rosen Plevneliev on Tuesday, May 28. The meeting will

Russian President Vladimir Putin has stated that his country has not changed its stance on Kosovo and that it “supports Serbian friends” in talks with Priština. He told a press conference after a meeting with Serbian President Tomislav Nikolić in Sochi

Members of the European Parliament have urged member states to start EU accession negotiations with the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia before July in a resolution on the country’s 2012 progress report. In a debate on 22 May, MEP Richard Howitt, who

Police have detained the mayor of Skenderaj/Srbice, Sami Lushtaku, and four other suspects for alleged war crimes against civilian prisoners during the 1999 conflict. Officers from the EU rule-of-law mission EULEX and Kosovo police arrested the five men on Thursday on suspicion