Category: EU Western Balkans

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PODGORICA – Prime Minister of Montenegro Dritan Abazović and the Patriarch of Serbian Orthodox Church Porfirije signed the “Fundamental Agreement” between Montenegro and the Church today. Democratic Party of Socialists announced the vote of no confidence in the Government. The issue of the Fundamental Agreement regulating the status of the Serbian Orthodox Church has been […]

PRISTINA – Kosovo has agreed to postopone plans to implement two measures regarding car license plates and travel documents of people traveling from Serbia, following of discussions with EU and United States stakeholders. The government of Albin Kurti announced it would implement reciprocal measures on those traveling from Serbia to Kosovo, including requiring additional travel […]

Last week, the European Union agreed, after two years of Bulgarian blockade, to open accession talks with Albania and North Macedonia. The green light came a few days after Skopje accepted the French proposal. Even though it was endorsed by the parliament of North Macedonia, many remain dissatisfied with it. While the opposition, led by […]

BRUSSELS – The EU held the first intergovernmental conferences with North Macedonia and Albania today. This follows a decision by the Council on 25 March 2020 to open accession negotiations, as well as the approval by the Council on 18 July 2022 of the Negotiating Frameworks for the negotiations with North Macedonia and Albania, in […]

BRUSSELS – President of the European Council Charles Michel congratulated the authorities and the citizens of North Macedonia and Albania for a long-awaited achievement of opening accession negotiations in a statement released today. Intergovernmental Conferences at ministerial level were held in Brussels to implement the decision by the European Council of March 2020 to open […]

BRUSSELS – High Representative of the Union Josep Borrell stated today that the EU had deblocked the start of the accession negotiations with North Macedonia and with Albania. Borrell mentioned the topic in his remarks upon arrival to the meeting of the Foreign Affairs Council  “This is a historical moment, after so many years of waiting […]

PODGORICA – The High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Josep Borrell, as well as the representatives of the Government of Montenegro and the Commissioner for Neighborhood and Enlargement of the European Union, Olivér Várhelyi, welcomed on Thursday the progress made on the issue of European integration in Regarding Podgorica and […]

SKOPJE – President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen on Thursday visited North Macedonia to urge Macedonia lawmakers to back a proposal that would allow the country to start EU accession negotiations in a vote later in the afternoon, Euronews reported.  During an address to Parliament, the President of the European Commission said that the […]

BERLIN – After a meeting with Slovenian Prime Minister Robert Golob, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz announced Western Balkans Summit in Berlin in November this year to give a new impetus to the Berlin Process.  After a meeting with Slovenian Prime Minister Robert Golob in Berlin, during which one of the topics was the enlargement of […]