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In a report Tuesday (September 14th), the IMF concluded that Greece is on track to cut its budget deficit according to plan this year, but should do more to improve tax collection and to control spending. According to the

Austria’s Parliament will ratify the Stabilisation and Association Agreement (SAA) with Serbia by the end of the year, Barbara Prammer, speaker of the lower house, told visiting Serbian counterpart Slavica Djukic-Dejanovic

European Commission (EC) representatives praised Albania on Tuesday (September 14th) for meeting three additional criteria of the EU visa liberalisation process that were established in May. Albania’s Interior Minister

Macedonian Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski, accompanied by Deputy PM for European Affairs Vasko Naumovski and Foreign Minister Antonio Milososki are set to travel to Brussels this afternoon, where tomorrow they will meet with EU Enlargement Commissioner Stefan Fule.

Serbian President Boris Tadić will meet with EU Enlargement Commissioner Stefan Fuele in Belgrade on September 17. Fuele will use his visit to Belgrade to discuss practical issues of Serbia’s EU integration with Serbian officials, according to earlier information from Fuele’s office and an announcement from the president’s cabinet.

Serbia can’t join the European Union (EU) unless it solves Kosovo issue, but same goes for Kosovo as it can’t join EU unless all EU member states recognize Kosovo’s independence.

Kosovo authorities should launch Kosovo-Albania unification talks instead of negotiating with Belgrade, Self-Determination leader Albin Kurti said on Wednesday.

EU Special Representative in Kosovo Pieter Feith stated that the protection, preservation and promotion of religious and cultural heritage is essential.

A request by Ramush Haradinaj, the former Prime Minister of Kosovo, to be provisionally released ahead of his retrial at The Hague has been denied.

Kosovo officials say they are ready for talks with Serbia, but vowed not to discuss Kosovo’s status. Kosovo’s Deputy Prime Minister Hajredin Kuci said on Monday (September 13th) that parliament must