The European Parliament’s (EP) Foreign Affairs Committee adopted a resolution Tuesday (June 1st) that calls for easing ethnic tensions and urges Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) leaders to be more responsible regarding the country’s EU future. Though members backed a proposal to lift visa requirements for BiH citizens, they also voiced …

The European Parliament (EP) refused to vote for a resolution on Albania’s EU integration on Tuesday (June 1st), thus jeopardising Tirana’s visa liberalisation process. The country’s ongoing political stalemate drove the decision, the EP explained on its website. Adoption of the document has been postponed until the end of June. …

European Parliament (EP) Rapporteur for Kosovo Ulrike Lunacek believes that Kosovo needs a clear membership perspective, rather than promises regarding its EU future. Lunacek presented a document in Vienna on Tuesday (June 1st) containing eight recommendations, drafted with experts and representatives of Kosovo’s civil society. “I am working on a …

The US Deputy Secretary of State, James B. Steinberg, is set to visit Bulgaria Thursday to hold meetings with senior Bulgarian government officials, the US State Department has confirmed. Steinberg is first traveling to Sarajevo on Wednesday to attend the EU-Western Balkans ministerial meeting

Commissioner Dacian Ciolos, responsible for Agriculture and Rural Development, will pay a visit to Moldova on 3-6 June 2010. The Commissioner will meet with Moldova’s Acting President and Speaker of the Parliament Mihai Ghimpu, Prime Minister Vlad Filat, Minister for Agriculture

The end of the NATO mission in Albania will be marked in its capital on Wednesday. The Albanian ambassador in Bulgaria Bujar Skendo describes NATO mission as “necessary for gaining ground for the modern

Autoritatile sarbe continua presiunile exercitate asupra comunitatii romanesti din Valea Timocului inaintea alegerilor pentru Consiliile Nationale ale Minoritatilor din Serbia, transmite Romanian Global News. Alegerile minoritare – programate pentru 6 iunie – au declansat din partea autoritatilor sarbe o ampla campanie de intimidare care a inceput cu mai multe saptamani …

Serbian President Boris Tadić will meet in Athens today, on the second day of his official visit to Greece, with Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou. He will also meet with Greek businesspeople at a meeting of the Greek-Serbian Business Council.

Presedintele Georgiei, Mihail Saakashvili, va efectua, miercuri si joi, o vizita oficiala in Romania, prilej cu care se va intalni cu presedintele Traian Basescu, a informat Administraţia Prezidenţiala. La ora 15.30 va avea loc ceremonia primirii, la Palatul Cotroceni, urmata de convorbiri ale celor doua delegaţii, semnarea unor documente oficiale …

The EU-Western Balkans conference starts in Sarajevo on Wednesday, the media report. It will be attended by 48 delegations, 29 ministers and secretaries general of institutions and organizations, 33 deputy foreign ministers