EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton announced on Friday (May 6th) that Italian diplomat Fernando Gentilini will be the bloc’s special envoy to Kosovo for the next three months. The EU plans to boost its positions in Kosovo by having a single representative to the country instead of the current …

Bulgaria could get back 13.5 million euro of its installment to the European Union as part of an amount that is in excess of the bloc’s 2010 budget, socialist MEP Ivailo Kalfin said on May 5 2011.

Head of the EU Delegation to Serbia Vincent Degert has stated that Serbia’s visa liberalization could be temporarily suspended due to false asylum seekers. He added that the discussion had only recently started.

Turkish Cypriot President Derviş Eroğlu and Greek Cypriot leader Dimitris Christofias have agreed on terms of international agreement. The leaders met on Thursday in Lefkoşa to discuss international agreements as well as internal security, fishery and search and rescue topics in sea.

Croatia’s Prime Minister Jadranka Kosor vowed on Wednesday (May 4th) continued co-operation with The Hague war crimes tribunal. She met in Zagreb with tribunal chief prosecutor Serge Brammertz, ahead of his report

Hungarian President Pal Schmitt is to pay a two-day visit to Serbia on Thursday. He is scheduled to meet with the Serbian state leaders and officials of Vojvodina. Besides the capital Belgrade and the northern city of Novi Sad, the Hungarian president will visit also the northern city of Subotica.

Romanian and U.S. delegations Wednesday finalized the text of the agreement on the deployment of a U.S. missile defense system in Romania, the Romanian Foreign Ministry said.

Bosnia’s top international figure, High Representative Valentin Inzko, has said he will suspend any decision to call a referendum on the state court and prosecutor if the Bosnian Serb entity, the Republika Srpska, does not do so itself.

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon will travel to Bulgaria on Wednesday for the first leg of a three-country European tour. Ban will meet with Bulgaria’s President Georgi Parvanov, Prime Minister Boyko Borisov and Foreign Minister

A national referendum will be held on Turkey’s EU accession, regardless of the outcome of negotiations between Brussels and Ankara, Austrian Chancellor Werner Faymann announced on Tuesday (May 3rd) after meeting