Balkans
UPDATED: You are family, EU chief tells Balkans; leaders not so sure
The European Union's chief executive sought on Wednesday to reassure the six Balkan membership hopefuls that they were family who would one…
Factbox-Status of Balkan hopefuls’ EU membership bids
The European Union can no longer agree to give a guarantee of future membership to the six Balkan countries once promised a…
EU no longer agrees on Balkan membership guarantee, diplomats say
The European Union, fearing a political backlash in member states, can no longer agree to give a guarantee of future membership to…
Merkel sees long road for Western Balkan states to EU membership
Western Balkan states have a long way to go to achieve membership in the European Union but it is Germany's goal that…
New peace envoy gets hostile reception from Bosnian Serb leaders
SARAJEVO (Reuters) - German politician Christian Schmidt took up the post of Bosnia's international peace overseer on Monday after a hostile reception…
Slow progress in Balkan countries’ bids to join EU
German Chancellor Angela Merkel this week hosted a summit with six Balkan countries to forge closer cooperation as they make slow progress…
EU’s Balkan strategy losing local support, internal paper warns
The European Union must recognise that Balkan countries seeking membership are losing faith in Brussels’ long accession strategy, worsened by its initial…
Kosovo parliament backs Albin Kurti as new prime minister
Kosovo's parliament voted in Albin Kurti as the country's new prime minister on Monday (March 22), more than a month after the…
EU plans 9 billion euros investment for Balkans
The European Union's enlargement commissioner, Olivér Várhelyi, said on Thursday that the bloc has designed a 9 billion-euro ($10.6 billion) investment plan…
EU allocates assistance funds to eight enlargment and neighbourhood partners
The European Commission has announced Memoranda of Understanding (MoU) on macro-financial assistance (MFA) programmes with eight partners. The agreements are part of…
Vienna Airport to suspend flights from 18 countries
Austria is expanding a list of countries from which planes won’t be allowed to land to include six nations in the western…
Mid-Summer election calling in North Macedonia
North Macedonian political parties on Monday agreed to have parliamentary elections on July 15 despite a persistent level of novel coronavirus infections,…