Balkans

EU Commissioner Cecilia Malmstrom praises Bulgaria’s Schengen efforts, but “there is still work ahead”

EU Home Affairs Commissioner Cecilia Malmstrom praised Bulgaria’s progress to fulfil criteria to join the Schengen zone, but said there is still work ahead. Malmstrom visited the Kapitan Andreevo border checkpoint with

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Serbian Army chief: there’s no pressure on Serbia to join NATO

Serbian Army chief Miloje Miletić says that Serbia is not under pressure to join NATO, the western military alliance. According to him “great western powers accept Serbia’s position to be militarily neutral”. “Serbia can remain militarily neutral, but it cannot remain outside all security movements,” said Miletić, adding that “nobody …

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Romania, Bulgaria’s Schengen reports to be made public

EU member states have decided to declassify the technical evaluation reports for Bulgaria and Romania’s Schengen Accession and to send them to the European Parliament. The EP has stated that it received more information in 2007 when eight Eastern European countries joined Schengen than now with Bulgaria and Romania. It …

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Serbian FM met with RS President

Serbian foreign minister Jeremic met with the president of Republika Srpska, Milorad Dodik, on Wednesday in Banja Luka, the capital of Bosnia’s predominantly Serb entity. Jeremic said that Serbia has a vital interest in the prosperity and stability of Republika Srpska, Bosnia-Herzegovina and the western Balkans.

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