Serbia expects that those EU member-states which do not belong to the Schengen Area will also lift their visa requirements for the Serbian citizens. This is according to Serbian Deputy Prime Minister Božidar Đelić, who said that his statement “primarily regards Serbia’s neighbors Romania and Bulgaria”.

“When Croatia joins the EU it shall support Serbia joining the EU, too. My country shall in no way block the European path of any of the countries in the region”, Croatia’s President Stjepan Mesic said. Croatia believes that the inclusion of the entire region in the EU is strategic …

Albanian Education Ministry’s programme envisages institutional cooperation and mutual recognition of diplomas issued by universities in Macedonia, Albania and Kosovo.