Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Friday his government is determined and patient enough to achieve full membership to the European Union (EU) in spite of the attempts to block its accession process. “Turkey has been waiting for the result of its application to the EU for 50 years, …

Outgoing EC Vice-president Gunter Vreheugen rebuked the popular fallacy that Bulgaria and Romania were the most corrupt members of the EU. “I think it is unfair for these countries to be accused of being corrupt, of having a non-acting administration and that they are places ruled by crime, Verheugen said. …

A Moldovan delegation headed by Premier Vlad Filat will pay a one-day visit to Kiev on Monday, February 1 The delegation consists of Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and European Integration Iurie Leancă, Deputy Foreign Minister Andrei Popov, and main state advisers Nicu Popescu and Igor Volnitski.