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Croatia will become the EU's 28th member in July 2013. Croatia signed its accession treaty to the European Union today paving the way for the former Yugoslav republic to join...

EU affairs ministers cannot reach agreement, so controversial issue will be discussed by EU leaders on Friday. National ministers for EU affairs have been unable to reach...

Boost for Serbian EU candidacy after arrest of last Serb wanted by UN court. The European Union's top officials have welcomed the arrest by Serbia of Goran Hadžić, the...

Move paves way for Serbia to gain EU candidate status later this year. European Union officials have welcomed today's arrest of Ratko Mladić, the wartime commander of the...

EU to discuss Ashton-Dodik agreement. The foreign ministers of the EU will, at their meeting on 23 May, discuss the politics of Bosnia and Herzegovina following a deal that...

Nation joins Croatia, Iceland, Macedonia and Turkey as formal candidate for EU membership. EU leaders today agreed to make Montenegro a formal candidate for membership of...

Deep co-operation co-exists with deep differences. Little illustrates the seemingly unbridgeable differences between the West and Russia better than an image contained in...

Serbia's bid for membership in the European Union has long been held back by member states' insistence that Belgrade demonstrate full co-operation with a United Nations...

A less idealistic approach to foreign policy has allowed Poland to prosper and catch up on its missed decades. On one thing, critics and supporters agree: Poland's relations...

Commission to propose opening Montenegro talks, but crime and corruption hold back Albania's EU bid The European Commission will next month recommend that member states open...

Recent drug-seizures and arrests reinforce the image of the Balkans as lawless badlands. But the countries in the region are getting tough on crime. Herman Van Rompuy, the...

The region's turn to the right is a little more mundane – and varied – than a first glance might suggest. Within days, new governments in the Czech Republic and Slovakia...

Engagement in the western Balkans shows that Turkey is not turning towards a more Islamic agenda. Future historians of reconciliation in the western Balkans could do worse...

Balkan country aims to start talks on last chapters. Croatia is ready later this month to open all three of the policy chapters that it still has to start discussions on in...

Dutch drop objections to starting accession talks with Serbia after presentation by the UN's war-crimes prosecutor. EU foreign ministers in Luxembourg today gave the green...

An important month for Serbia's bid to join the EU. June may be an important month for Serbia's efforts to move closer to the EU. On 18 June, the day after an EU summit,...

Success for Turkish diplomacy on eve of Armenian genocide anniversary. Bosnia and Herzegovina is tomorrow expected to get the green light to enter a NATO programme that...

MEP says changes to visa rules might not take effect until the end of the year. The lifting of European Union visa requirements for citizens of Bosnia and Herzegovina is...

The EU and US seek to break Bosnia and Herzegovina's constitutional deadlock. The EU and the United States are to hold two days of talks with political leaders in Bosnia and...

President to submit formal application despite concerns over co-operation with war-crimes court. Boris Tadić, the president of Serbia, is to submit his country's...