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European Union ministers on Tuesday recommended that Serbia begin negotiations to win EU membership, officials said.

The agreement Serbia and Kosovo reached in April is an important prerequisite for normalizing the relations between the two countries, which

Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras on Tuesday insisted his government was stable despite a reshuffle following the uproar over the disputed closure of public broadcaster ERT.

Hungarian President Janos Ader will pay a visit to Belgrade. During the two-day visit Ader will meet with Serbian state officials, including with Serbian counterpart Tomislav Nikolic.

Bulgarian President Rosen Plevneliev will hold consultations with political parties in relation with the protests across the country. “I will launch consultations. It will take a few days and I hope for a responsible attitude, not for what we saw at

The celebrations on June 30 and July 1 to mark Croatia joining the EU are set to be one of the biggest international events in the country’s history since independence. In the evening of June 30, the Croatian government will hold a dinner party for

Counting continues after Sunday’s parliamentary vote, seen as crucial to Albania’s EU integration hopes. Poll commissioners continued to count ballots on Monday after an election day marred by the murder of an opposition supporter and the wounding of a ruling Democratic Party candidate in a shootout in the northern town …

Serbia expects a decision this week to begin negotiations with the EU, and this will first be discussed in Luxembourg, then in Berlin and finally, in Brussels. The first in a series of key meetings will be held by EU

Catherine Ashton stated on Friday morning that the high-level dialogue between Belgrade and Priština has yielded concrete progress and agreement on many issues. This includes judiciary, police and local elections, the EU foreign policy chief saif, adding that she will inform the EU member states about this.

Bulgarian Prime Minister Plamen Oresharski met with European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso in Brussels. After the talks the two made statements for the media. EC President Barroso stressed on the fact that this was their first meeting and added that the two had an “open and frank discussion” and …