Croatia’s President-elect Ivo Josipovic and Prime Minister Jadranka Kosor held their first official meeting Monday (February 1st), following Josipovic’s victory in the January 10th run-off election. They discussed the EU integration process, the economic crisis and ways to fight corruption while agreeing to meet the day after Josipovic’s February 18th …

Albanian Prime Minister Sali Berisha said that the questionnaire Brussels sent to Albania before it can be granted visa liberalisation has been completed. Experts from Brussels will visit Tirana in the coming weeks to evaluate the process.

NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said that the Alliance supports all strategies that strengthen peace and security in Kosovo, including the integration of all communities into society. The strategy for the Serb-dominated north, which was drafted by the International Civilian Office (ICO) in support of Kosovo’s government, failed to get …