At the 25th Accession Conference, progress on financial control – one of the five elements of the Fundamentals Cluster –...
Read moreDetailsAt the 25th Accession Conference, progress on financial control – one of the five elements of the Fundamentals Cluster –...
Read moreDetails"I believe I am protecting Serbia and its interests," President Vučić said, in protest at the lack of progress recognised...
Read moreDetailsBecause of Hungary's veto on Ukraine – despite several attempts for compromise – the formal text expected to be adopted...
Read moreDetailsAt the 24th Accession Conference, progress was confirmed on issues ranging from agriculture to company law. With 21 chapters still...
Read moreDetailsWith more than half of the work still to be completed in less than a year, "nothing in the current...
Read moreDetailsFor the fourth consecutive year, the annual gathering of EU leaders with their Western Balkan counterparts will take place on...
Read moreDetailsWhile the Commission is pushing for the adoption of the SEPA schemes and the end of roaming charges, the positive...
Read moreDetailsThe Commission has unveiled its latest annual set of documents on potential new member states. The four more advanced candidates...
Read moreDetailsPresident of the European Council Costa announced that next year's summit between EU leaders and those of the six Western...
Read moreDetailsThe Commission president is once again embarking on her traditional autumn tour, with several pressing issues on the agenda, from...
Read moreDetailsSince 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....
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
EU ambassadors endorsed the establishment of the Ad Hoc Working Party, which will be responsible for outlining the legally binding agreement between the 27 member states and the candidate country. "For the first time since...
An infographic explaining the current status of each candidate country by negotiating chapter
Since the introduction of the new methodology in 2021, EU accession negotiations have been structured into 33 negotiating chapters grouped into six clusters
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...
European Council President Costa, European Commission President von der Leyen, and Armenian Prime Minister Pashinyan will attend the summit after the European Political Community meeting. Connectivity, security in the South Caucasus, global challenges, and visa...
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...
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...
The opening of formal talks has been proposed to the Council, which must now authorise negotiations with each partner. People from Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, and Serbia may soon be able...