EC Directorate

Popowski: EU membership question of timing, hard work

BELGRADE - The W. Balkan nations' EU membership is a question of timing and hard work by the candidate countries, says Maciej Popowski of the EC Directorate-General for Neighbourhood and Enlargement Negotiations.

The EU enlargement strategy for the W. Balkans is "ambitious but realistic", he told reporters.

Serbia to get EUR 187.1 million from IPA 2014 funds

The Serbian government and the European Commission on Wednesday signed a financial agreement approving EUR 84.8 million from IPA 2014 funds to Serbia.

The agreement was signed by Serbian Minister of European Integration Jadranka Joksimovic, who is also the national IPA coordinator, and Catherine Wendt of the EC Directorate-General for Neighborhood and Enlargement Negotiations.