July 22, 2010

Slovenia on Wednesday became the 32nd member of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) as its accession treaty was accepted by the French government in Paris, Xinhua informed. ... (full story)

July 20, 2010

The European Commission is ready to strengthen the cooperation with Serbia, EU Enlargement Commissioner Stefan Fule said in interview to Serbian Vecernje Novosti daily. ... (full story)

July 16, 2010

The biggest strategic priority is for the Western Balkans to join the European Union. The move will open up an opportunity to solve regional issues, Bulgarian Foreign Minister Nikolay Mladenov said in the parliament during the discussion of the bill ratifying the Stabilization and Association Agreement between the European communities and their member states and the Republic of Serbia, FOCUS News Agency reported. ... (full story)

July 14, 2010

Russia's Gazprom aims to weaken Nabucco by luring German utility RWE into joining its South Stream gas pipeline project, Russian Kommersant newspaper reported. ... (full story)

July 12, 2010

Bulgaria’s PM Boyko Borisov has announced the country’s support for EU entry for all Balkan countries. ... (full story)

July 08, 2010

“Development and European integration of the Western Balkans are obvious but reforms are needed because the democratic roots in certain countries are still weak,” EU Enlargement Commissioner Stefan Fule said, Serbian Blic daily writes. In Fule’s words, leaders of West Balkan countries have assumed the great responsibility of eliminating the obstacles on the road to the European Union. ... (full story)

July 05, 2010

The President of the European Council Herman Van Rompuy will visit Slovenia on Monday before starting a short tour of the Balkans, which will include stops in Zagreb, Belgrade and Prishtina. ... (full story)

July 05, 2010

The integration of the Western Balkans in the EU is vital for regional stability, said President of the EU Council Herman Van Rompuy in an interview for Croatian newspaper Jutarnji List Monday. ... (full story)

June 30, 2010

The 2010 Nations in Transit report from U.S.-based watchdog Freedom House noted a general positive trend in democratic development over the past decade in the Balkans, in contrast to significant declines in Russia and other former USSR states. ... (full story)

June 23, 2010

Heads of state and government of the members of the Southeast European Cooperation Process, SEECP, are meeting today in Istanbul under the chairmanship of Turkish President Abdullah Gul. ... (full story)

June 14, 2010

Slovenia will continue actively supporting Macedonia’s EU and NATO membership, said Slovenian Foreign Minister Samuel Zbogar, Macedonian Sitel television station reports. Minister Zbogar says Macedonia has achieved a great success in the implementation of reforms, which resulted in the positive EC assessments. He expressed hope that Skopje and Athens will soon find a solution to the name dispute. ... (full story)

June 08, 2010

EU should not put into question the enlargement process and to support the ambitions of the Western Balkans and Turkey, British Foreign Secretary William Hague said, cited by Serbian B92 radio. Hague pointed out that he will ask his European partners determination in managing of international issues. ... (full story)

June 08, 2010

Croatian Defence Minister Branko Vukelic and his Serbian counterpart Dragan Sutanovac are expected to sign a "historic agreement" on military cooperation today. ... (full story)

June 08, 2010

Former Prime Minister Janez Jansa has lost most from the referendum in Slovenia about the territorial dispute with Croatia, Croatian Jutarnji List writes. The newspaper notes Jansa opposed the agreement with Croatia. If Slovenians had voted down the document on Sunday, they would have opened the doors to Jansa to return in power, the newspaper says. ... (full story)

June 07, 2010

Slovenian voters approved Sunday in a referendum a deal to resolve a long-standing border dispute with Croatia via arbitration, according to near-complete results, AFP reported. ... (full story)

June 03, 2010

The European Union moved on Monday to dispel fears of Western Balkan countries that their future in the EU is being jeopardised by the ongoing economic crisis and by enlargement fatigue. ... (full story)

June 02, 2010

Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos on Wednesday said the European Union and the Western Balkans had agreed on a "new deal" during a key meeting in Sarajevo, AFP reported. ... (full story)

June 02, 2010

The EU-Western Balkans conference starts in Sarajevo on Wednesday, the media report. ... (full story)

May 31, 2010

A two-day regional conference on NATO integration in southeastern Europe will kick off on Monday in the Macedonian town of Bitola. ... (full story)

May 27, 2010

The Prime Ministers of Serbia and Slovenia, Mirko Cvetkovic and Borut Pahor, on Wednesday expressed their desire to deal with unresolved issues from their shared past and to focus on the shared future of EU membership for the west Balkan region, Xinhua News Agency informed. ... (full story)