Johannes Hahn

Johannes Hahn urged all Western Balkan countries on Wednesday to open their borders to an undisturbed flow of goods and tone down their rhetoric.

EU's commissioner for European Neighborhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations spoke for reporters ahead of a session of EC College of Commissioners.

A senior EU official on Sept. 19 spelt out plans to encourage people fleeing war in Syria to stay in bordering countries rather than join the flow of migrants to Europe.
 
In a visit to a migrant reception centre on the Macedonian border, European Commissioner Johannes Hahn said the European Union faced several tasks.
 

In Skopje on Friday, Johannes Hahn is expected to kick start the so-called High Level Accession Dialogue, HLAD, which was launched in 2012 to keep Macedonia's EU agenda alive but which has been interrupted by the deepening political crisis.

EU Commissioner for Neighborhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations Johannes Hahn says Chapters 35 and 32 "should be opened by the end of this year."

These chapters relate to Serbia's EU accession negotiations.

The Western Balkans Summit in Vienna has confirmed that there are many positive processes in the region, EU Commissioner Johannes Hahn said.

According to him, it also confirmed that a higher level of cooperation between the states is evident, and that they are determined to resolve the bilateral conflicts within the process.

Johannes Hahn says the upcoming visit of all Bosnian Presidency members to Serbia is "another proof Western Balkan leaders learned the lesson from the past."

EU's commissioner for European neighborhood policy and enlargement negotiations spoke on Monday ahead of a meeting of EU foreign ministers in Brussels.

Leaders of the four biggest parties in Macedonia have reached an agreement meant to allow the country a way out of the political crisis.

The deal was reached on with the mediation of EU Commissioner Johannes Hahn.

Serbia is an anchor of stability in the Western Balkan region, the EU Commissioner for Enlargement Negotiations and Neighborhood Johannes Hahn said on Sunday.

Speaking at the European Forum Wachau, Hahn noted that the Balkans is on the path of stabilization, particularly thanking Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic for his contribution to stability in the entire region.

EU Commissioner for European Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations Johannes Hahn is to arrive in Macedonia on June 02 for an official visit.

Hahn's visit was confirmed by his Spokesperson, Maja Kocijan?i?, as cited by Macedonian news portal Plusinfo.

PM gives Hahn action plans for chapters 23 and 24

BELGRADE -- PM Aleksandar Vucic says his government will bear the responsibility unless the first chapter in EU membership negotiations is opened by the end of the year.