OSCE PA President Petros Efthymiou applauded the Parliament of the Republic of Moldova for electing a national president after a more than two and half year political stalemate in Chisinau. “We are pleased that a president has been elected,” said Efthymiou, who led the OSCE election

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov and the Bulgarian government delegation he heads arrived in Ankara. PM Borisov was welcomed by Bulgarian Ambassador to Ankara, Turkish Minister of Culture and Tourism and Mayor of Ankara. After arrival, the Bulgarian prime minister and his delegation will visit the grave of Mustafa Kemal …

On Wednesday in Zvecani, local elections will be discussed during the sitting of the four Serbian municipalities in North Kosovo. On Friday the four municipalities are expected to file a petition with 49,000 signatories to Serbian President Boris Tadic asking Belgrade to organise elections in Kosovo. The parliamentary committee on …

Croatia has appointed its first Members of the European parliament, who will immediately have the right to participate in sessions but not to vote until Croatia joins the EU next July. The new Croatian MEPs were chosen on the basis of the last general election results held on December 4.

Skopje government is ready for high-level dialogue with the EU, since it has been waiting for the talks to start for a long time, said Macedonian Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski. “We are ready for this dialogue, as well as for the pre-accession talks, which was our goal. We hope that …

Catherine Ashton and Stefan Fule congratulates Moldova after electing new president: “We welcome the successful outcome of the presidential election in Chisinau, by which the members of the Moldovan Parliament have demonstrated their sense

The President of the European Commission (EC), Jose Manuel Barosso has said, after a meeting in Brussels with the Romanian Prime Minister Mihai-Razvan Ungureanu, Romania can count on the European Commission for a final decision on the country’s accession to Schengen to be made in September this year. “It is …

Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian will visit Georgia on March 17. This announcement was released by the Armenian Press and Information Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Durign his visit to Tbilisi, Nalbandian is expected to meet with Georgian Foreign Minister Grigol Vashadze and to discuss bilateral relations.

EU Enlargement Commissioner Stefan Fule has stated that “Bosnia-Herzegovina can only join the EU as a single state”. Fule stated Wednesday that the year 2012 would be crucial for Bosnia-Herzegovina’s progress towards the EU.

Croatia’s President Ivo Josipović said that relations between Serbia and Croatia are better than a few years ago. Asked whether Croatia was planning on standing in