Foreign relations of Croatia

The European Union is increasingly willing to consider Western Balkan states joining the bloc, which could help ensure peace in the region while enriching the EU itself, the bloc's integration commissioner said.

''I took part in a meeting with the delegation headed by EU Parliament Speaker Antonio Tajani.During the meeting, we discussed the priorities of the upcoming EU Council Presidency in the context of the theme of the future of Europe, the challenges of the migration crisis and the need to restore the sense of security and stability of the citizens.'' This is what Deputy Prime Minister for Justice

Exclusive interview of Novinite.com (Sofia News Agency) with His Excellency,Mr. Grigorios Vassiloconstandakis , Ambassador of Greece to the Republic of Bulgaria. 

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SKOPJE - Businesspeople in the region are wasting years due to border wait times, Bosnia and Herzegovina Council of Ministers Chairman Denis Zvizdic said in Skopje at the Summit100 conference of business leaders from southeastern Europe on Tuesday, proposing cluster-based ties among the complementary regional economies.

UK foreign secretary Boris Johnson, who campaigned successfully for his country to quit the European Union, has told his Bulgarian counterpart that he is sure that her country's EU Presidency in 2018 will be "very successful".

Hungary wants the European Union to speed up integration of the Western Balkans and for NATO to include those countries, Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said on Wednesday, quoted by Reuters. 

"Speeding up the accession process is a guarantee of security," Szijjarto said at a news conference also attended by a dozen officials from Central European and Western Balkan countries.

''Together with my Romanian counterpart, Teodor Meleşanu, we agreed that the enlargement of the European Union should continue with the Western Balkans and the Eastern Partnership countries, as it will guarantee the security and stability of the whole continent'', said the Bulgarian Foreign Minister Ekaterina Zaharieva. 

BRUSSELS - Estonia, which holds the rotating EU presidency, is working on organising the opening of new chapters in Serbia's EU accession talks, with mid-October or mid-December as the possible date.

Brussels has not set a date for the next Serbia-EU intergovernmental conference and it remains unknown which chapters might be opened at that time.

NEW YORK - Serbian First Deputy PM and FM Ivica Dacic has attended a working breakfast of Western Balkan FMs and EU Enlargement Commissioner Johannes Hahn in New York, organised by the Regional Cooperation Council.

The topics discussed included a proposal for the Transport Community to be headquartered in Serbia.

The four Balkan countries that are members of the European Union - Bulgaria, Greece, Romania and Croatia - will help together for the European integration of the other six countries in the region.