Croatia is ready to help countries from South-Eastern Europe on their way to EU admission. The finalisation of Croatia-EU negotiations will reinforce the European perspective of said states, Speaker of the Croatian Parliament Luka Bebić announced in Brussels. The Croatian model in the negotiations, the accumulated experience and clear European …

Serbia’s tendency to dominate its neighbors is the main obstacle to progress of the countries of the region, says Helsinki Committee President Sonja Biserko. She said that in an opening speech at the European Parliament and the Western Balkans meeting.

The European Union welcomes the dialogue on the Electoral Code between the Georgian government and its opposition, the Head EU Representative in Georgia Philip Dimitrov said in his statement.

Bulgaria and Romania have met all technical criteria to join Schengen and are doing even better than some members of the border-free zone in some aspects, Portuguese European Parliament (EP) member Carlos Coelho, the

Turkey’s Foreign Minister Ahmet Davut-oğlu has reiterated Turkey’s firm demand for the European Union to start work on visa liberalization for Turkish nationals, urging Hungary, which holds the six-month rotating presidency of the EU, to play a leading role in this issue. Davutoğlu’s remarks came late on Monday night during …

On April 13 Armenian Defense Minister Seyran Ohanyan received the newly appointed Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Georgia to Armenia, Tengiz Sharmanashvili. Seyran Ohanyan congratulated the Ambassador on assuming his new diplomatic mission and voiced hope that his appointment would

European Council President Herman Van Rompuy held meeting with Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou in Athens, Greece, April 12, 2011. During his one-day visit to Greece, Rompuy expressed confidence the country will overcome a severe debt crisis.

The OSCE hopes that Albania will hold free and fair local elections on May 8th, the mission’s head Eugen Wollfarth said on Monday (April 11th) in an interview with Top Channel TV. The OSCE’s Office for Democratic

The EU’s top official on Tuesday called on Greece to keep up the “courageous” overhaul of its ailing economy, the source of widespread protests, in order to “preserve” the country’s future.

The sixth round of talks on the Association Agreement between Moldova and the European Union took place in Chisinau. The members of the European delegation said the Moldovan state made significant progress in a number of areas.