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European Court of Auditors say that "significant difficulties" are hampering use of money by the EU's next member state. The European Union's auditors have warned that...

Large majority in favour of joining EU but turnout is low. Croatian voters overwhelmingly backed membership in the European Union in a referendum today (22 January). With...

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...

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...

Zoran Milanovic has had a seemingly effortless rise to the top of Croatian politics. Few people become a prime minister without fighting. Yet, seemingly effortless victory is...

Opposition coalition wins absolute majority, poised to take power just days before country signs EU accession treaty. A centre-left opposition coalition has won 78 seats in...

The Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) of Prime Minister Jadranka Kosor is heading for disaster in an early parliamentary election on Sunday (4 December). The conservative HDZ...

Ireland wants corporation tax rate added to Croatia's accession treaty. Ireland wants the EU to ensure that a protocol protecting the country's corporation tax rate is...

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...

Europe's borders, and those of the European Union, are the product of awkward geography, as in the case of Lampedusa, or of historical accident, with Kaliningrad and Ceuta...

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...

EU leaders to discuss economic situation, migration policy and Croatia's accession. The Greek financial crisis will dominate a summit of the EU's national leaders being held...

European Commission approves completion of membership talks. The European Commission has given the green light for Croatia to join the European Union in two years' time,...

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.

Hungary's permanent representative to the EU has spent most of his professional life dealing with EU affairs. One sunny morning last August, Péter Györkös's...

With an EU membership bid comes funding, but also demands on how a country spends that money. Countries seeking to join the European Union have access to funding under the...