Visegrad Group

She will take part in the meeting of foreign ministers of the Visegrad Group (V4) and representatives of the governments of Bulgaria, Romania, Greece, Slovenia and Croatia.

The internal problems of several EU member states are impeding progress on Serbia's accession to the European Union, Serbian Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic said Wednesday.

The far right Freedom Party (FPO), set to become kingmaker after elections on Oct. 15, wants Austria to join the Visegrad Group of central and east European states opposed to immigration, Reuters reported. 

Deputy Prime Minister for Justice Reform and Foreign Minister Ekaterina Zaharieva will take part in a meeting of foreign ministers from the Visegrad Group and the countries of the Western Balkans, reported BGNES.

Romania's increasingly close relations with Hungary's hardline Prime Minister, Viktor Orban, - and the latter's invitation to Romania to join the Visegrad Group - have alarmed opposition politicians, activists and foreign policy experts in Bucharest.

BELGRADE - Serbian First Deputy PM and FM Ivica Dacic on Friday held a meeting with a delegation of political directors of the foreign ministries of the Visegrad Group, who expressed the Group's strong support for Serbia's European integration.

VARNA - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic announced on Tuesday the PMs of Bulgaria, Greece and Romania would come to Belgrade in two months and that the visit by leaders from three EU member states was very significant for Serbia.

French President Emmanuel Macron is starting his first official visits to Central and Eastern Europe, heading on Thursday and Friday to the Romanian capital, Bucharest, and to Varna, on Bulgaria's Black Sea coast.

Deputy PM and Foreign Minister Ekaterina Zahareva met in Brussels with Hungary's Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó, according to the Bulgarian Foreign Ministry.

The two officials have discussed bilateral relations, options for furtherance of cooperation in energy and economy, as well as the prospects of the Western Balkans, the Bulgarian Foreign Ministry has said.

Leaders from Central Europe said Tuesday they reject a European Union policy that calls for all member states to receive migrants, protesting suggestions that the level of their compliance could be linked to the availability of EU funds to them.