Integration
EP rapporteur urges EU not to compromise with Serbia over Mladic
27/08/2008
BELGRADE, Serbia -- Despite the huge step made on the part of Serbia with the arrest of wartime Bosnian Serb political leader Radovan Karadzic, the E...
Austria may hold referendum on Turkey's EU membership
26/08/2008
VIENNA, Austria -- The country's ruling coalition parties have decided to call for a referendum on Turkey's EU bid, should Ankara end its pre-accessi...
Nicosia says it will revise position on Turkey if Ankara changes attitude towards Cyprus
22/08/2008
NICOSIA, Cyprus -- Nicosia will revise its position towards Turkey's EU prospects if Ankara changes its tactics in the Cypriot issue, Foreign Ministe...
Lajcak, Spiric want positive EC report on BiH's progress
22/08/2008
SARAJEVO, Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) -- High Representative Miroslav Lajcak and BiH Prime Minister Nikola Spiric agreed on Thursday (August 21st) t...
EU suspends farm aid to Romania
21/08/2008
Romania will regain access to millions of euros in EU financial assistance for farm development once it has remedied deficiencies in the management and control of such funds.
NATO suspends regular contacts with Russia
20/08/2008
Russia came under mounting pressure to withdraw its troops from Georgia immediately, as NATO decided on Tuesday to suspend formal contacts with the country until it shows full respect for the peace plan it signed on August 12th.
Tihic, Covic meet to bridge differences prior to coalition meeting in BiH
20/08/2008
MOSTAR, Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) -- The chairman of the main Bosniak party, the Democratic Action Party (SDA), and the chairman of the main Croat...
EC reports on justice, an ineffective deja-vu?
15/08/2008
The latest European Commission report on the progress made by the Romanian justice sector calls for the eradication of high-level corruption. But bloggers wonder, are these reports really effective?
Olympics: frustration for Croatia, Greece
15/08/2008
Croatia's men's basketball team could not hold off Argentina, and the Greeks proved unable to repeat their 2006 win over the United States.
EU ministers back plan to monitor Georgia cease-fire
14/08/2008
EU foreign ministers agreed on Wednesday to consider a plan for sending monitors to observe the cease-fire in Georgia but appeared divided on the 27-nation bloc's future relationship with Russia.
High Representative Lajcak expects consensus on BiH's SAA strategy
14/08/2008
SARAJEVO, Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) -- High Representative Miroslav Lajcak said on Wednesday (August 13th) that he expects party leaders in the go...
Think tank sees no progress in visa liberalisation between EU, Balkans
13/08/2008
TIRANA, Albania -- Visa liberalisation between the EU and Western Balkan countries is not progressing, the European Citizen Action Service said in a...
UNMIK begins reconfiguration; staff cut by 70%
13/08/2008
UNMIK, the interim civilian administration in Kosovo, begins a sweeping personnel cutback this week nearly a decade after its establishment in June 1999 by Security Council Resolution 1244.
Croatia may leave Non-Aligned Movement
11/08/2008
Croatia's leaders have a tricky decision ahead of them. The Non-Aligned Movement helped Zagreb win a Security Council seat. But now the country, a new NATO member, is mulling a withdrawal from the organisation Tito founded.
Greek Cypriot, Turkish Cypriot representatives to discuss new border crossing
11/08/2008
NICOSIA, Cyprus -- Senior Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot officials will meet at the end of August to discuss opening a new crossing point in the v...
