Macedonian Minister of Local Government Musa Xhaferi and Kosovo Minister of Local Administration Sadri Ferati on Monday signed an agreement on border cooperation. The treaty on the Program for Cross-Border Cooperation between Macedonia and Kosovo is part of the strategic projects funded by the European Union’s Instrument for Pre-accession Assistance …
Read More »Greece says EU/IMF aid mechanism ready in month
Greek Finance Minister George Papaconstantinou said on Sunday (April 25th) that he expects the final terms of the EU/IMF aid package for his country to be ready by the end of May, and that this would be acceptable to all euro zone members. After a series of meetings in Washington …
Read More »Rapporteur says BiH meets most visa liberalisation conditions
European Parliament (EP) rapporteur on visa liberalisation for the Western Balkans, Tanja Fajon, believes that BiH has met most criteria for EU visa liberalisation. In an interview with the Nezavisne Novine daily published on Saturday (April 24th), she indicated that the European Commission will submit a proposal to scrap visas …
Read More »EC says Albania not ready for visa liberalisation
The European Commission (EC) says Albania has completed just one of four sections of its EU visa liberalisation questionnaire, local media reported on Sunday (April 25th). Government and local integration officials had assured the public that Tirana has met all technical criteria in the process. The section praised by Brussels …
Read More »Turkish PM to go on official visit to Greece on May 14-15
Turkey’s Prime Minister Recep Taiyyp Erdogan, accompanied by a delegation of 10 ministers, will be on an official visit to Athens on day 14-15. The news about the upcoming visit broke from Greek First Deputy Foreign Minister Dimitris Droutsas and Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu who made a joint statement …
Read More »South Stream Pipeline Will Pass Through Romania
After years of opposing the project, Romania is now ready to join the Russian-backed South Stream gas transit pipeline, officials in Bucharest said. “We have been able to start a dialogue, including with Russia. South Stream will pass through Romania,” the country’s Economy Minister Adriean Videanu said Thursday.
Read More »Bulgarian PM to Visit Serbia on Monday
Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov is scheduled to leave Monday for an official trip to Serbia, his office has informed. Borisov is set to meet with Serbian Prime Minister Mirko Cvetković and President Boris Tadic and is expected to
Read More »Milorad Dodic: BiH should not recognize Kosovo’s independence
Prime Minister of Republika Srpska Milorad Dodic said that Bosnia and Herzegovina shouldn’t recognize Kosovo’s independence. He made the remarks, following his meeting with representatives of Kosovo Serbs.
Read More »Council of Europe to close its info-center in Skopje, Ljubljana and Podgorica
Council of Europe will shutdown its information centers in Skopje and Ljubljana as well as in Podgorica. Secretary General of Council of Europe Thorbjorn Jagland made the proposal, while the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe decided to close the info-centers in the three towns. „The Council of …
Read More »The coming population exodus from the Balkans to the EU
The EU in the end of 2009 took the decision of liberalizing the regime concerning visas by the citizens from several Western Balkan countries. It is also, widely discussed in Brussels, that after Montenegro, Serbia, Albania and Fyrom, Bosnia will also have a visa-free regime by mid-2010, followed perhaps by …
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