The Albanian government has come under harsh criticism from the opposition after an EU progress report said Tirana is not as close to fulfilling requirements needed to liberalise the visa regime as some of its neighbours are. According to the report Albania and Bosnia and Herzegovina have so far failed …

After meeting the Serb representative of Bosnia’s tripartite presidency Nebojsa Radmanovic, Serbian President Boris Tadic said Belgrade supports a united Bosnia. At a news conference Monday, the Serbian president told press that Serbia fully supports the agreement made by Bosnia’s three constituencies, and respects is responsibilities and duties as guarantor …

Slovenian Prime Minister Borut Pahor said on Monday that the statement by his Croatian counterpart Ivo Sanader that Croatia would not accept Slovenia’s amendments to the proposal by the EU’s enlargement commissioner, Olli Rehn, on solving the border dispute between the two countries, was not stimulating. During a pause of …