Italy’s Foreign Minister Franco Frattini believes Serbia should get the EU candidate status and a date for the start of accession negotiations by year’s end. He said that Italy was one of the countries that strongly supported the EU integration of the Western Balkans and Serbia. 

Speaker and interim President of Moldova Marian Lupu met with the United States ambassador and the EU ambassadors accredited in Chisinau. The head of the EU Delegation, Dirk Schuebel, told the Moldovan head of the state about the EU’s decision to continue supporting Moldova on the path of internal reforms …

The European Union will allocate to Moldova €7 million for regional development activities that are to be carried out in during 2012-2013. The launching of a pilot Regional Development Program, under which the funds will be allocated within the framework of the Eastern Partnership, was discussed