Brijuni

SKOPJE - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said after Monday's meeting of Brdo-Brijuni Process leaders in Skopje that an attempt had been made to find a common denominator and that the European future had been discussed in a constructive debate.

BELGRADE - Ahead of Monday's meeting of Brdo-Brijuni Process leaders in Skopje, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said Serbia, as always, remained consistent in its sincere advocacy of creating an atmosphere of mutual trust, understanding and respect.

Slovenian President Nataša Pirc Musar and her Croatian counterpart Zoran Milanović affirmed the two countries' commitment to the Brdo-Brijuni process and an expansion of the issues it covers as Pirc Musar travelled to Zagreb for her first visit abroad on 1 February.

Ljubljana – Slovenian President Borut Pahor will host the leaders of the Brdo-Brijuni initiative of regional cooperation for a summit at Brdo estate on 12 September which is to call on the EU to step up enlargement to the Western Balkans.

Ljubljana – Thirty years to the day, the Brijuni Declaration was adopted, ending hostilities between Yugoslav and Slovenian forces in the ten-day independence war and suspending Slovenia’s independence activities for three months. It was the first international agreement between Slovenia and the EU’s predecessor, the European Economic Community (EEC).

LJUBLJANA - Serbian PM Ana Brnabic and Slovenian President Borut Pahor met in Ljubljana on Thursday, concluding that their countries were committed to improving cooperation through open political dialogue and mutual support on major issues.

Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic said in Zagreb on Wednesday he will likely visit Croatia again for a bilateral visit in the spring.

US Vice-President Joe Biden has arrived in Croatia for a summit of the so-called "Brdo Brijuni Process", which opened on Wednesday in Zagreb.

Austrian President Heinz Fischer said on Monday that European integration of the Western Balkans should continue.

The Austrian government will continue supporting the region on the road to the EU just as it has been doing for the past 15 years, Fischer told reporters after a summit of the Brdo-Brijuni Process leaders in Budva, Montenegro.