Croatia has started a final offensive to enter the EU in 2011. The European Commission (EC) said that the pre-accession talks could be finalised, if the country steps up its efforts in the fight against corruption and the detention of war criminals.

March 31 is the perfect date for the parliament to dissolve and to call early parliamentary elections, said Macedonian Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski. According to him, it is within the authorities of the parliament’s chairperson to set a sitting and he expected it to be this week. 

EU Commissioner for Enlargement Stefan Fule has started his visit to Belgrade today, where he arrived to discuss Serbia’s EU integration.The EU official will then meet with Interior Minister Ivica Dačić. 

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Moldovan Minister of Foreign Affairs and European Integration Iurie Leanca meet on Tuesday in Moscow to discuss trade and economic relations between the two countries as well as the Dniester region problem. 

Kosovo and Serbia have said that some progress has been made on issues of cadastre and land registers, as well as energy supply, at the second round of talks in Brussels. “There has been some progress on the cadastre and registers and issues of energy supply (…) and we hope …

Serbian President Boris Tadic will meet with the prime ministers of Slovenia and Croatia in Smederevo on Friday to discuss economic cooperation and international issues. The gathering in the central Serbia town will be the officials’ second trilateral meeting. The first was held in the Slovenian city of Ptuj in …

EU Enlargement Commissioner Stefan Fuele said on Saturday (March 26th) that there is no enlargement fatigue and this year will be important for the process. Fuele held talks with Montenegrin Prime Minister Igor Luksic on

High Representative Valentin Inzko has suspended decisions of the Central Election Commission (CIK) regarding the formation of authorities in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (FBiH). CIK spokesperson Maksida

It is possible for Serbia to obtain a status of EU member state candidate by the end of the year, said European Commissioner for Enlargement Stefan Fule. The European Commissioner also expressed his hope that the EU will make no difference between the member state status and the beginning of …

Serbian President Boris Tadic said that Serbia is ready to solve the historical conflict between the Serbs and the Albanians in Kosovo. “Serbia is trying to solve the hundred-year old conflict of the Serbs and the Albanians,” Tadic remarked. In his words, if the Serbs are asked whether they are …