European Parliament and Council reach agreement on €14 billion IPA III
BRUSSELS – The European Parliament and the Council agreed yesterday on the new Instrument for Pre-accession Assistance (IPA III), with a total budget of over...
Tag : Council of the EU
Council agrees on the application of the new methodology to Montenegro and Serbia
by EWB
BRUSSELS – The Council of the EU agreed today on the application of the revised enlargement methodology to the accession negotiations with Montenegro and Serbia,...
Discussion of EU foreign ministers on the Western Balkans postponed for May
by EWB
BRUSSELS – Instead of 19 April, the EU foreign ministers will discuss the Western Balkans on 10 May, in the hope that a physical meeting...
Western Balkans on the agenda of EU Foreign and European affairs ministers meetings next week
by EWB
BRUSSELS – Western Balkans will be one of the topics of the informal video conference of the EU Foreign affairs ministers on 19 April, as...
EC presents draft negotiating frameworks for Albania and N. Macedonia to the Council
by EWB
BRUSSELS – The European Commission presented to the Council draft negotiating frameworks for Albania and North Macedonia, laying out the guidelines and principles for their...
Montenegro to open Chapter 8 on 30 June, Serbia not opening new Chapters this month
by EWB
BRUSSELS – The EU-Montenegro Intergovernmental Conference, at which the chapter should be officially opened, will be held on Tuesday, 30 June, at the level of...
EU concludes agreements with Montenegro and Serbia on Frontex cooperation
by EWB
BRUSSELS – The Council of the EU today adopted two decisions to conclude the agreements with Montenegro and Serbia on border management cooperation between these...
Albania’s homework: What are the conditions for the next step towards the EU?
Less than two weeks ago, European Union finally supported the opening of accession negotiations with North Macedonia and Albania. The process for the latter country,...
New methodology will put political will to the test
The piece was originally published by Tirana Observatory on 23 March 2020. European Union failed to decide to open accession negotiations with North Macedonia and...
EU extends the mandate of Special Representative for Kosovo Nataliya Apostolova
by EWB
BRUSSELS – The Council has today extended the mandates of six EU Special Representatives, including Nataliya Apostolova, who had her mandate as EUSR for Kosovo extended...