Montenegro Elections

The western Balkans and the EU

Enlargement has been the European Union's most successful foreign policy tool for spreading stability, security and prosperity across Europe. The countries of the western Balkans (Croatia, Albania, Montenegro, Serbia, Bosnia...

Serbian Orthodox Church faces key decision (Reuters)

Reuters - Four months after Serbia swore in a pro-Europe government in a move away from its nationalist past, the Serbian Orthodox Church is deciding whether to stick to its hardline course or become more moderate.

EU enlargement: The next seven

EU enlargement past, present and future Seven countries are waiting in the wings to join the European Union. Applied for membership: February 2003 Confirmed as candidate country: June 2004 Negotiations started: October 2005...

Western Balkans still way off EU entry criteria

EU Enlargement Commissioner Olli Rehn made clear yesterday (5 November) that Serbia, Montenegro, Macedonia, Albania and Bosnia and Herzegovina, as well as Kosovo, are still a long way away from getting clear persprectives of EU...

EC says pace of accession hinges on reform progress

Next year will be crucial for Turkey and the seven Western Balkan countries seeking to join the EU, according to the European Commission's annual reports on their progress towards accession, published on Wednesday.

EU enlargement: work in progress

Ekmekcizade Kervansarayi in the town of Edirne, Turkey, is receiving EU funding for reconstruction. The Western Balkans and Turkey will receive €7.58 bn in financial assistance from the EU in 2007-2011. A report on countries...

Montenegro to apply for EU candidate status by year's end

PODGORICA, Montenegro -- Montenegro intends to apply for EU candidate status by the end of this year, Deputy Prime Minister Gordana Djurovic said on Thursday (October 30th). She met with French Ambassador Bernard Garanche to...

Election 08: McCain's British Oligarch Scandal

Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska is at the center of a major political scandal in Britain, accused of courting and cavorting with major figures from both the Labor and Tory parties. Deripaska's right-hand man in London,...