German Chancellor Angela Merkel arrived in Romania today. She said that Romania’s accession to the Schengen area will depend on the country’s observance of technical conditions to ensure the European Union’s external border security, and not on aspects regarding the social integration of Roma ethnics.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel has made it clear Turkey’s potential EU accession was not on the agenda of her meeting with Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov in Sofia. “We talked about bilateral affairs, not about Turkey’s EU accession. We hardly started to talk about the EU prospects of the Western …

Georgia will introduce a visa-free travel regime for Russians living in the North Caucasus, Deputy Foreign Minister Nino Kalandadze said on Monday, October 11. The new rules will