Balkans

European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso has said that Bulgaria and Romania will not join Europe’s passport-free Schengen area in January 2014. In a Monday interview for French TV station TF1, Barroso, as cited by the Bulgarian Telegraph Agency (BTA), claimed that the issue of Schengen

Serbian Prime Minister Ivica Dačić will on Tuesday in Belgrade meet with Defense Minister of the Russian Federation Sergei Shoigu. On Wednesday, Shoigu and his Serbian counterpart Nebojša Rodić will sign

Greece supports Turkey’s bid to join the European Union, Greek Ambassador in Ankara Kyriakos Loukakis said on Monday. “I hope that the necessary conditions for Turkey’s accession to EU will be fulfilled and Turkey will join the union as

The Serbian government and the Council of Ministers of Bosnia-Herzegovina signed in Belgrade on Thursday a security agreement. The deal will allow for “an even better cooperation between the two countries in the battle against crime and in raising the level of their economic cooperation,” it was announced.

Serbian President Tomislav Nikolić met on Thursday in Belgrade with Secretary General of the Council of Europe (CoE) Thorbjorn Jagland. Nikolić said during the meeting that “Serbia is making moves in the right direction” and that he “sees no reason why it should continue to be under any form of …

A senior Albanian official said Thursday a EU delegation will make a key assessment of the country’s readiness for EU candidate country status, which could be an opportunity for Brussels to know the Balkan country better. Albanian Minister of European Integration Klajda Gjosha made the remarks while meeting with the …

Serbian Prime Minister Ivica Dacic called on Serbs on Thursday to vote in the repeated local elections in Kosovo at three polling stations in Kosovska Mitrovica.

Serbian President Tomislav Nikolić has appointed Stanimir Vukičević as the new ambassador in Bosnia-Herzegovina. Zorica Tomić was dismissed from the

EU’s Catherine Ashton is meeting on Wednesday in Brussels with prime ministers Ivica Dačić and Hashim Thaci to resolve the fate of the elections in Kosovo.

Despite attacks on polling stations in northern Kosovo, the US praised late Tuesday the country on its “historic” local elections, and called for a smooth transition into the next round of voting. “We applaud the commitment of both the Governments of Kosovo and Serbia to encourage voter participation and enable …