Turkey wants to be allowed to participate in EU summits and liberalized visa policy for its citizens, Turkey’s chief EU negotiator, Egemen Bagis, said Thursday.

The UN war crimes tribunal on Wednesday (February 23rd) sentenced former top Serbian police general Vlastimir Djordjevic to 27 years for war crimes committed during the 1998-1999 conflict in Kosovo. Djordjevic, a former deputy interior minister, was found guilty on all counts. He was charged with the forcible deportation of …

EU envoy Miroslav Lajcak kicked off a two-day visit to BiH on Thursday (February 24th) focusing on issues related to the country’s EU bid. Prior to the visit, Lajcak stressed the need for functional