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Croatians too must vote in favour in a referendum before the country's parliament ratifies accession. Croatians are expected on Sunday (22 January) to vote in favour of...

Date of 1 July 2013 set for Croatia to be 28th member. Croatia is set to join the European Union on 1 July 2013 after President Ivo Josipovic and Prime Minister Jadranka...

Donald Tusk, the prime minister of Poland, is in Zagreb today to present the Croatian government with the text of Croatia's treaty of accession to the European Union. The...

Croatia is expected to become the EU's 28th member state on 1 July 2013. Croatia has completed its membership talks with the European Union, with the closing today of...

Croatia set to join on 1 July 2013. National leaders welcomed Croatia as the European Union's prospective 28th member state – it is set to join on 1 July 2013. Croatia is...

Zagreb is warned that it must continue to reform after membership talks are completed. EU leaders today welcomed Croatia's efforts to complete its negotiations to join the...

Croatia on the verge of completing EU talks, but others' bids are likely to prove trickier. Croatia is this week celebrating the 20th anniversary of its independence from...

Croatia expected to join the Union on 1 July 2013. A summit of member states' leaders later this month is expected to endorse Croatia's bid to join the EU on 1 July 2013.

Vote is blow to centre-left government of Borut Pahor, who rejects calls to resign. Slovenian voters yesterday (5 June) rejected a government plan to raise the age of...

The EU cannot make any more enlargement mistakes. The European Union's timing on enlargement has not always been faultless – and some of the scars are still evident. The...

Balkan country hopes to join EU in 2012. Croatia is a step closer to EU membership following the provisional closure of negotiating chapters in three policy areas today.

Balkan couuntry hopes to finalise negotiations by next summer Croatia is to move closer to its goal of concluding European Union membership talks by next summer, with the...

Croatia hopes to complete its accession negotiations during Hungary's EU presidency, while Turkey will be hoping for any progress at all. Hungary hopes to complete two items...

Croatia will have 12 MEPs and one commissioner. Croatia took another step toward membership in the European Union today, by closing three of the 35 ‘chapters' in its...

Croatia opened accession talks with the European Union in October 2005. It expects to complete them next spring and to join the EU in mid-2012, following a popular...

Early results suggest border dispute will go to international arbitration. Slovenians have today narrowly approved an agreement with Croatia to submit a long-standing...

Referendum to be held on whether to go ahead with international arbitration over the long-running border dispute. An agreement between Slovenia and Croatia to submit their...

Commission and member states claim authority, but the EU could lose out in UN environment talks. The European Union could go to a United Nations environment meeting next...

Commission wants to take the lead in talks, while UN mercury negotiations proving to be a test case. The European Commission is embroiled in a power struggle with member...

Commission and member states at loggerheads as problems flare ahead of talks on mercury. Member states are battling with the European Commission over who speaks for the...