Voicing support for Turkey’s EU bid, the president of the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly (PACE) urged the country’s authorities on Thursday (October 26th) to step up their reform efforts.

The constitutional referendum Serbia holds this weekend will not influence the decision on Kosovo’s final status, the US envoy to the UN-led talks on determining the province’s future said in Pristina on Wednesday (October 25th). Frank Wisner reiterated that Washington remains engaged with Kosovo despite other global obligations.

Bulgaria‘s Kuneva to get EU’s consumer protection portfolio 27/10/2006 BRUSSELS, Belgium — Almost immediately after being selected to represent Bulgaria at the European Commission (EC), Bulgarian European Affairs Minister Meglena Kuneva was asked to assume the Commission’s new consumer protection portfolio. She met in Brussels on Thursday (October 26th) with …