European Neighbourhood Policy

Among others, there's former Hungarian Minister of Justice Lszl Trcsnyi, who will be appointed new European Commissioner for European Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations, replacing Johannes Hahn on that position.

As Wiener Kurir reports, bicyclist had threatened Hahn of slapping him in the face after a brawl incident during the downtown stroll EU Commissioner Hahn had taken with his partner Susanne Riess-Passer.
The incident took place beside the Cathedral Stephansdom when the cyclist with great speed run into the group of people, including Hahn and his partner.

Romania's Prime Minister Viorica Dancila had a meeting in Brussels on Thursday with European Commissioner for European Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations Johannes Hahn to discuss current EU foreign affairs at the end of Romania's six-month rotating presidency of the Council of the European Union.

Premier Viorica Dancila is paying a working visit on Thursday in Brussels to address several current topics on the European agenda with European high officials, the Government says in a release.

The role that Romania can play is very important in connecting Turkey and the European Union, in helping the two sides understand the mutual positions and developing their relation potential, High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Federica Mogherini said in Bucharest on Friday.

Brnabic said after the meeting that she felt "support and gratitude to Serbia during her visit to Brussels for not imposing countermeasures against Pristina, which in particular contributed to regional stability."

The European Commission will present its new strategy for enlargement in the Western Balkans on Tuesday in a bid to give the process a fresh push.

The EC document, entitled 'Credible Perspective of Enlargement to the Western Balkans', will be presented at a plenary session of the European parliament in Strasbourg.

Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu said dialogue between Turkey and the European Union needs to continue despite having several setbacks, Daily Sabah reported.

 Federica Mogherini, High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice President of the European Commission and Johannes Hahn Commissioner for European Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations are hosting the EU - Turkey High Level Political Dialogue in Brussels, IBNA reported.

Johannes Hahn, Commissioner for European Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations has told Deutsche Welle that the EU would finance the construction of a railway linking Bulgaria and Macedonia, which is part of a Pan-European Corridor 8, stretching between the Bulgarian Black Sea coast and the Adriatic coast of Albania, quoted by BGNES.