Czech Foreign Minister Karel Schwarzenberg said that all countries in the West Balkans should join the EU after Croatia’s accession. “Until all Balkan countries are accessed, the EU will continue having a neighbouring timebomb,” Schwarzenberg remarked.

Head of the EU mission in Macedonia Peter Sorensen on Wednesday held farewell meetings with Macedonian President Gjorge Ivanov and Minister of Foreign Affairs Nikola Poposki. Sorensen left for Bosnia and Herzegovina, where he will be an official representative of the EU. At the meeting with President Gjorge Ivanov the …

It does not seem realistic that Serbia will get a date for the beginning of the EU accession negotiations, says Serbian Ambassador to Germany Ognjen Pribićević. He has assessed that German Chancellor Angela Merkel, who will visit Belgrade on August 23, will not bring an ultimatum to Serbia.