The building and restoration of infrastructure works in a number of zones in Croatia are the focus of funding provided by the European Investment Bank (EIB) to the Balkan country, approving two loans totalling 85 million euros: 60 will go towards the building... (more…)

Conferences, seminars, debates, experiences, reflections and readings centering on the Adriatic identity and its historical-cultural, artistic and literary, political-economic and linguistic aspects are all part of the fifth Inter-Adriatic Relations course... (more…)

Serbia has met the criteria to obtain EU candidate country status and to begin membership negotiations, according to Serbian President Boris Tadic, who said that the achievement of this goal is capable of making Serbia truly feel part of the European family... (more…)

Progress has been made in Croatia's procedure to become the 28th member state of the European Union. The EU expects to complete the procedure to sign the accession treaty by December. The European Council has yet to give their formal approval, which cannot be... (more…)

Relations between Belgrade and Pristina will be one of the main factors in the decision that the EU is to make of whether to grant Serbia the status of EU membership candidate. The European Union is keeping a close eye on these relations, as reiterated by... (more…)

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has forecast economic growth for the Western Balkans. The Serbian economy will grow by 2% in 2011 and by 3% in 2012, while this year inflation will be 11.3% and will drop to 4% next year. The Croatian economy is... (more…)

Progress has been made in Croatia's procedure to become the 28th member state of the European Union. The EU expects to complete the procedure to sign the accession treaty by December. The European Council has yet to give their formal approval, which cannot be... (more…)

Relations between Belgrade and Pristina will be one of the main factors in the decision that the EU is to make of whether to grant Serbia the status of EU membership candidate. The European Union is keeping a close eye on these relations, as reiterated by... (more…)

Reforms and other priorities set by the EU for Albania's approaching to European standards must be implemented without delay. Reforms are indeed necessary to start negotiations for Albania's access to the European Union.The political crisis which took place... (more…)

Integrated cooperation of member countries of the South-Eastern Europe Defence Ministries (Sedm) ( Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Macedonia, Greece, Italy, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia, Slovenia, Turkey, United States and Ukraine) in the... (more…)

Montenegro can continue on the road that leads to a starting date for negotiations on European Union accession, now that the main obstacle for the approval of a new electoral law has been removed. Montenegro's majority and opposition have reached an agreement... (more…)

The result of the ninth UNESCO summit in Viminacium, an important Roman archaeological site south-east of Belgrade, is that progress has been made in cultural exchange and political relations in the Balkan area. The summit, with the title ''Modern Art and... (more…)