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Kosovo’s government has created an inter-ministerial council to complete a questionnaire on trade relations with the EU. The council is led by the minister of trade and industry, Lutfi Zharku. Kosovo Prime Minister Hashim Thaci asked the members of the council on Monday to have the answers ready by April …

The European Commission in its interim report released today criticized Bulgaria and Romania for certain weaknesses which remain in the areas of judicial reform and the fight against corruption, while noting that progress had been made in certain fields.

Slovenia’s Constitutional Court gave a green light on Tuesday to a border arbitration agreement with Croatia, helping remove a major obstacle in Zagreb’s European Union accession talks.

SARAJEVO Radna grupa Vijeća ministara BiH za pripremu ustavnih amandmana u ponedjeljak nije postigla saglasnost o prijedlogu promjena Ustava BiH u skladu sa presudom Evropskog suda za ljudska prava u Strazburu. Stranke iz Republike Srpske predložile su promjenu samo u dijelu koji se odnosi na izbor članova Predsjedništva BiH, dok …

The European Commission’s interim report in connection with mechanisms for collaboration and control of internal affairs and justice systems in Bulgaria and Romania will be issued today, a spokesman officially announced.

Petar Boskovic, the head of the Directorate for Public Affairs at the Ministry of Defense, has announced that a Serbian mission to NATO at its headquarters in Brussels will be officially opened by the beginning of June.

Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Sunday (March 21st) that she does not believe Greece’s financial crisis should be the focus of the EU summit that starts Thursday in Brussels.  Merkel said Greece faces no

Rapporteur for Albania Tanja Fajon said the European Parliament (EP) will be briefed on Tirana’s EU visa liberalisation process next month. As for the political stalemate that has slowed EU-related reforms, Fajon urged the ruling Democratic Party and the opposition Socialist Party on Sunday (March 21st) to stop damaging Albania’s …

It is false to believe that European Union set additional benchmarks for Macedonia, Secretariat for European Affairs (SEA) informed. SEA denied any accusations made by former Deputy Prime Minister for European Affairs Ivica

European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso has called on European leaders to support Commission’s proposal about economic assistance for Greece. Barroso said that if no decision is made at the summit on March 25, eurozone stability will be in danger. The EC President called on the state and government leaders …