European Enlargement

North Macedonia's prime minister, Zoran Zaev, has warned the EU that it's taken a reputational hit in the Balkans and will lose more ground to rival powers if it doesn't start membership talks with his country and Albania soon.

European Enlargement Commissioner Johannes Hahn welcomed the election of Stevo Pendarovski as North Macedonia's new president, noting that EU accession talks for the Balkan country will begin in June.

As diplomats from Greece and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) prepare to resume talks in Vienna on Wednesday, European Enlargement Commissioner Johannes Hahn on Tuesday expressed optimism that the dispute could be resolved in the next two weeks, Kathimerini writes.

As diplomats from Greece and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) prepare to resume talks in Vienna on Wednesday, European Enlargement Commissioner Johannes Hahn on Tuesday expressed optimism that the dispute could be resolved in the next two weeks.

As diplomats from Greece and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) prepare to resume talks in Vienna on Wednesday, European Enlargement Commissioner Johannes Hahn on Tuesday expressed optimism that the dispute could be resolved in the next two weeks.

European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker has said Serbia must resolve its dispute with Kosovo and implement a series of reforms before it can join the European Union.

BELGRADE - European Enlargement Commissioner Johannes Hahn spoke with officials of a number of Serbian opposition parties at the seat of the EU Delegation to Belgrade on Thursday.

BELGRADE - The process of European unification, which began in 1989, will only be complete with the accession of the Western Balkans to the EU, European Enlargement Commissioner Johannes Hahn said in Belgrade Thursday.

BRUSSELS - European Enlargement Commissioner Johannes Hahn will be on an official visit to Serbia on February 7-8, the European Commission announced on Friday.

Hahn will be in Belgrade just a day after the publication of the European Commission's new enlargement strategy for the Western Balkans and then travel to Podgorica.

VIENNA - European Enlargement Commissioner Johannes Hahn says the 2025 date for potential EU accession of some Balkan candidate countries is a realistic, but ambitious goal.

The president of the European Commission has said 2025 is a potential accession date for some candidates - that is realistic, albeit ambitious, Hahn said in an interview with Vienna-based Kurier daily.