Albanian Prime Minister Sali Berisha announced on Tuesday that the government had filed the EU questionnaire on the country’s readiness to join the bloc. “We hope to receive an objective evaluation from those who review it,” Berisha said during a cabinet meeting.

Armenian Ambassador to Romania Hamlet Gasparyan handed his credentials to Romanian President Traian Basescu. After the official ceremony, the Ambassador and President discussed the current state of Armenian-Romanian relations and prospects of their development. Traian Basescu noted that the Romanian authorities will facilitate the Ambassador’s mission in every possible way. …

Bosnia and Herzegovina has meet benchmarks for lifting visa requirements, Italian Foreign Minister Franco Frattini said. FM Frattini made the remarks, following the meeting with