Photo EC (SOFIA) – A summit between leaders of the Western Balkans and the EU ended Thursday confirming the region’s ‘European perspective’ and a strengthening of…
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The EU Commission set out a new strategy for the Western Balkans Tuesday, spelling out priorities and areas for closer cooperation, and areas…
Turkey is moving away from the EU, the Commission warns in its annual assessment of potential EU members’ progress in implementing political and…
Photo EC (LUXEMBOURG) – The EU Commission hosted a ministerial meeting with Eastern Partnership countries Tuesday with a view to extending the Digital Single Market to…
Insufficient human resources, research funding, and facilities, as well as an inadequate regulatory regime are the main obstacles to improving the situation. The region is still recovering from the mass…
(BRATISLAVA) – Slovakia’s economy is on track for further growth and should meet adoption criteria for the euro in early 2009, the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development said Thursday.”Slovakia…
(BERLIN) – Germany on Wednesday welcomed signs from Poland that it is ready to lift a veto on talks between the European Union and Russia about a new cooperation pact,…
(SOFIA) – Former communist states Bulgaria and Romania celebrated Monday their New Year’s accession to the European Union even as new EU president Germany warned that painful reforms were still…
Pro-Russian politician Viktor Yanukovych was confirmed as prime minister Friday, ending a four-month political crisis as the Ukrainian parliament endorsed a new coalition government including pro-Western elements. “I welcome the…
