The dispute involving the community living in the Transcarpathia region has blocked Ukraine's EU accession path for years. Despite Magyar...
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The movement against the Trump-linked luxury property project – which would affect a protected natural area – calls on Brussels...
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The country that could soon "reach the finish line" is now hosting high-level discussions at the Summit in Tivat, aiming...
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Following Hungarian Prime Minister Magyar's announcement of the agreement with Kyiv on minority rights, the Cyprus Presidency has launched the...
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On the eve of the 2026 EU–Western Balkans Summit, the most anticipated breakthrough has been approved. The Commission will now...
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Speaking with The New Union Post at the margins of the Enlargement Days, regional councillor Antonio Mazzeo (PES), co-chair of...
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Hopes are for a breakthrough "during this week," allowing Chișinău to hold an intergovernmental conference "at the margins of the...
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While rooted in conventional nationalist rhetoric, this position remains within the mainstream in Serbia. "Some things have to be tolerated...
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The green light for the six partners to join the EU's free roaming area, President Costa's visit to the entire...
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Lifting the Hungarian veto, opening EU accession talks on one or all clusters, closing more negotiating chapters. The three candidates...
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The size of NATO and non-NATO military forces in Europe
An interactive infographic on active and reserve personnel by country: NATO–EU members, EU-only or NATO-only members, and countries that are members of neither
Which countries are included in the EU’s free roaming area
Since 15 June 2017, 32 EU and non-EU countries have joined the 'Roam Like at Home' area, allowing their citizens to call, text and use mobile data in other participating members without paying extra charges....
The EU accession negotiations explained, in clusters and chapters
Since the introduction of the new methodology in 2021, EU accession negotiations have been structured into 33 negotiating chapters grouped into six clusters
What to expect from the 2026 EU–Western Balkans Summit in Montenegro
The green light for the six partners to join the EU's free roaming area, President Costa's visit to the entire region on the eve of the summit, and discussions on gradual integration – including German...
How far are candidate countries along the path of EU accession negotiations?
An infographic explaining the current status of each candidate country by negotiating chapter
Ten years on, Switzerland is still not interested in joining the EU
The signing of a broad package of agreements represents the deepest form of integration reached since Bern withdrew its EU application in 2016. Covering areas from trade and transport to health and energy, the two...
Albania can now begin closing EU negotiating chapters
The eighth Accession Conference confirmed the fulfilment of the interim benchmarks and set the closing benchmarks for Cluster 1 – 'Fundamentals', allowing Tirana to move forward on its accession path. Commissioner Kos described the moment...
Which EU countries do not recognise Kosovo
Almost all of the 27 member states have recognised Pristina's sovereignty following its independence from Serbia on 17 February 2008. Cyprus, Greece, Romania, Slovakia, and Spain have not. An interactive map
Ukraine aims to close negotiating chapters “already this year” and sign the Accession Treaty by 2027
Deputy Prime Minister Kachka set out "a tentative calendar for what is feasible" in an accelerated EU accession process, provided that clusters are formally opened "by May or June." The ratification process could take "several...
North Macedonia has “no clear path forward” on EU accession
With the bilateral dispute with Bulgaria carried into the accession process and Skopje's unwillingness to make concessions, the stalemate is not expected to be resolved any time soon. However, if Albania and Montenegro were to...
