Russian President Dmitry Medvedev paid a surprise visit to the Georgian breakaway region of Abkhazia, where he pledged further support for Abkhazia and South Ossetia as the two regions commemorated the 2008 five-day war.

European Commission (EC) will present its opinion on Montenegro’s readiness to acquire EU candidate status on November 10th, the news portal Analitika reported on Friday (August 6th), quoting unnamed international

Macedonia’s government is preparing teams that would immediately start accession talks with the EU once the name dispute with Greece is resolved, Macedonian Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski said on Saturday (August 7th). He said 850 public administration employees are currently learning from Croatia and Slovenia’s experience in negotiations with the …