Croatia — Vesna Pusic, president of parliament’s committee for monitoring EU accession negotiations, says Croatia could wrap up its talks with Brussels by June 2011. After a committee meeting Tuesday
Read More »Macedonia parliamentary changes ‘will improve EC report’
The European Commission’s next report on Macedonia will be boosted after the parliament voted to adopt new ways of working, the EC’s office in Macedonia has said.
Read More »Serbia, Brussels to continue Kosovo talks
Talks between Brussels and Belgrade are to continue after negotiations failed to reach a compromise over Serbia’s draft resolution to the UN on Kosovo.
Read More »Macedonia marks 19 years of independence
On September 8 Macedonia marks Independence Day, Macedonian media report. On this day 19 years ago Macedonia organized a referendum on which citizens backed the independence of their country. There will be many events to mark the Independence Day in Macedonia. September 9 is declared a national holiday and a …
Read More »Turkey seeks Bulgarian support for its bid to join the EU
In a lecture hosted by the Atlantic Club in Bulgaria, Turkish Ambassador to Sofia Mehmet Gucuk reiterated Ankara’s demand for Bulgarian backing in its bid to join the European
Read More »Georgian FM: Georgia ready to begin talks with Russia
Georgia is ready to begin talks with Russia at any time on any issue and without any preconditions, Gerogian Foreign Minister Grigol Vashadze said at a briefing with his Estonian Counterpart Urmas Paet yesterday. The Estonian FM is on a short visit to Georgia. Replying to journalists’ question that how …
Read More »Turkish PM Erdogan to visit Bulgaria by the end of the year
Turkey’s Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan will visit Bulgaria by the end of the year, outgoing Turkish Ambassador to Bulgaria Mehmet Gucuk announced Tuesday. The Ambassador delivered a lecture in the Sofia Sheraton Hotel dedicated to
Read More »Bulgaria and Romania reached agreement on energy pursuits
Bulgarian and Romanian government representatives met yesterday in Bucharest and reached agreements on a number of joint energy pursuits the Romanian Ministry of Economy announced.
Read More »Albania, BiH passed first EU visa liberalisation step
The European Parliament’s (EP) foreign affairs committee adopted a draft report Monday (September 6th) that recommends lifting the EU visa regime for Albania and Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH). The document passed
Read More »Albania sets date for 2011 local elections
Albania’s President Bamir Topi signed a decree Monday (September 6th) setting May 8th 2011 as the date for local elections. The move came only two days before the deadline to issue the
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