French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner says that all the Balkan states should become EU member-states. “Hurdles remain, but our political position is very clear,“ Kouchner said, adding that French President Nicolas Sarkozy had said as much, “also unambiguously,“ to Serbian President Boris Tadić.

Answering a question about only 7 presidents to take part in the Chisinau CIS Summit tomorrow, the Russian foreign minister replied there is nothing strange about it. Under the chairmanship of the Moldovan Deputy Premier, Minister of Foreign Affairs and European Integration Iurie Leanca, eleven foreign ministers from the CIS …

Kosovo Prime Minister Hashim Thaci has welcomed the decision to send European Commission observers to monitor the local elections in Kosovo. “We are firmly focused on having free, fair and democratic elections, with turnout as high as possible and the acceptance of high democratic standards, the building of a new …