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Serbia has “reasons to rejoice” after the Council of the EU Ministers adopted “a historic decision,” Slovak Foreign Minister Miroslav Lajčak believes. Lajčak said that Serbia is now invited to enter the final phase of the EU accession process, and that this is an irreversible process. 

Serbian Prime Minsiter Ivica Dacic will leave on the working visit to Brussels. During the visit Dacic will meet with European Commission

Catherine Ashton said after meeting with Ivica Dačić that she will recommend the European Council to start negotiations with Serbia no later than in January. She told a joint press conference in Brussels that she was “very happy that the foreign ministers of all 27 EU member

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 …