European integration

Regional PMs hold trilateral meeting

RUSE -- Serbian PM Ivica Dačić met with his Romanian and Bulgarian counterparts and said that "mutual understanding is important for citizens of all three countries.

Serbia, he said, "expects continued support for the further the process of European integration from its two neighbors."

“Albania’s future is in the EU… but the political parties need to work together and efficiently,” Stefan Fule said in a joint press conference with Albania's centre-left Prime Minister, Edi Rama, on Thursday.

“The culture of confrontation does not help Albania’s EU integration process,” he added, referring to the country's history of fierce political disputes.

BELGRADE – Serbia’s Minister without Portfolio in charge of European integration Branko Ruzic and Director of the European Commission’s (EC) Directorate General for Enlargement Jean-Eric Paquet said Monday that Serbia has made substantial progress in reforms.

BELGRADE - Serbian Minister without Portfolio in charge of European integration Branko Ruzic said over the World Day of Social Justice that the Serbian government will continue improving the position of socially most vulnerable citizens and serve as the guarantor that reforms Serbia is about to face in the European integration process are conducted in the best interest of citizens.

BELGRADE - Head of the west Sweden trade union office Krister Anderson said on Wednesday he believed Serbia would overcome all obstacles in EU integration stemming for the harmonization with EU standards, and he stressed that Serbia had strong trade unions.

He met with members of the Serbian parliament and said a joint project and cooperation would be of great use for both countries.

ATHENS/BELGRADE - Evangelos Venizelos, Foreign Minister of Greece as the current chair of the EU Council of Ministers, stated that he has come to Belgrade to bring the message of encouragement and support to the country's further EU integration and internal reforms.

PODGORICA - Montenegro's President Filip Vujanovic has said Montenegro and Serbia will improve their cooperation further, especially in economy and EU integration.