Romania’s highest defence body approved the setting up of US antimissile shield elements at a former airbase at Deveselu, in the southern Romanian Olt county, President Traian Basescu said Tuesday.

Turkish President Abdullah Gül has joined a chorus of demands by Turkish officials from the European Union to ease visa restrictions for his country’s citizens, a matter on which Turkey thinks it is being treated unfairly.

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon will travel to Bulgaria on Wednesday for the first leg of a three-country European tour. Ban will meet with Bulgaria’s President Georgi Parvanov, Prime Minister Boyko Borisov and Foreign Minister Nickolay Mladenov as well as the

In a year, the citizens of Turkey may enter Moldova visa free. The subject had been discussed at bilateral political consultations in Chisinau during several days. Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and European

Greece will “certainly support Serbia’s efforts to become EU candidate and receive the date of the beginning of the relevant negotiations”, says Božidar Đelić. The Serbian deputy prime minister for European integrations made the statement after a meeting with Greek Foreign Minister Dimitris Droutsas in Athens.

People in Turkey may say “no” to EU membership just like the Norwegians did, Turkish President Abdullah Gul warned ahead of a visit to Austria that starts Monday (May 2nd). The warning came in three interviews with

The EU has officially confirmed that Pieter Feith will no longer be exercising the role of an EU Special Representative (EUSR) in Kosovo, it was announced last Saturday. Feith also holds the post of International Civilian

During a regular meeting last Friday, the government announced the establishment of an institute to document crimes and damages caused by Serbia in the last decade and will send its findings to the International Court of

Croatian war veteran Tihomir Purda will seek compensation from Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) for his arrest. Purda was detained in February at the border between Croatia and BiH, based on a Serbian arrest warrant. Authorities in Belgrade suspected him of involvement in war crimes committed against Serbs in Vukovar early …

Croatia marked on Sunday (May 1st) the 16th anniversary of Operation Bljesak (Flash), in which Croatian forces removed Serb forces from the self-proclaimed Republic of Serbian Krajina. A delegation led by Parliament