British Ambassador in Belgrade Stephen Wordsworth said that Serbia could join the EU in seven or eight years. This would come “if it focuses all of its efforts on European integration and removes all the obstacles in its path,” he said.

Serbian FM Vuk Jeremić said during his visit to Budapest today that to tie Serbia’s EU perspective to the problem of Kosovo would be “a tragic mistake”. “Anyone who thinks that Serbia, in case it had to choose between the European Union and Kosovo

Bulgaria will join the Schengen Area in the next year and the Eurozone – within 3 years, European Parliament President Jerzy Buzek has predicted. Buzek was on his first official visit to Bulgaria for the country’s national holiday – March 3, Liberation Day.