Washington Delegation Press Room

• Balkans
  • Croatia
  • Kosovo
  • Serbia
• Turkey
• Schengen Area
• Basic Websites
• Schengen Area:
  • Switzerland Joins Schengen Area (12-12-08)
  • Enlargement Completed March 30, 2008
  • Schengen Area Enlargement; Details (12-20-07)
  • Schengen overview
  • EU Freedom, Justice & Security Directorate General website
  • EU Council website
• EU Council on Enlargement/Stabilization and Association Process (12/8/09)
• Progress in Western Balkans & Turkey; Croatia, Turkey & the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia Progress; Albania, Montenegro, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Serbia & Kosovo Progress; Press Conference (10/14/09)
• EU on Iceland's EU Membership Application; Iceland Webpage on EU Enlargement Directorate General's Website (7/16/09)
• Five Years of Enlarged EU: Website
• 5 Years On: Enlarged EU Benefits; Report (2-20-09)
• Annual EU Enlargement Strategy and Progress Reports 2008; Key Progress Findings on Croatia, Turkey & Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (fYROM); Kosovo, Albania, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Montenegro, Serbia; EU Enlargement Commissioner Rehn on the Enlargement Package(11-5-08)
• 10 EU Pre-Accession Aid Programs to Croatia, Turkey & former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (fYROM) (11-29-07)
• EU Consensus & Progress: Annual Enlargement Strategy Paper; Key Progress Findings on Croatia, fYROM & Turkey; Kosovo, Albania, Bosnia, Herzegovina, Montenegro, Serbia (11-6-07)
• Future EU Enlargement (9-25-07)
• Economic Importance of Enlargement (6-30-07)
• Multiannual Financial Assistance Planning for Candidate & Potential Candidate Countries (6-20-07)
• Enlargement Update (5-7-07)
• Impact of 2004 EU Enlargement
• Multilingualism: Capitalizing on Enlargement (3-9-07)
• EU Focus: Enlargement of the European Union: Ensuring Peace, Prosperity, and Stability in Europe (3-07)
• Factsheet on Changes in EU as of January 1, 2007
• EU Welcomes Central European Free Trade Agreement; More (12-19-06)
• EU Enlargement Overview (12-13-06)
• Enlargement Package (11-22-06)
• EU Enlargement Strategy Q&A; Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance (IPA) FAQs; EU Enlargement Commissioner Rehn (11-8-06) 
• Euro Area Enlargement Prospects (10-2-06)
• November, 2005: Overall Strategy; Package; Candidates: Bulgaria; Romania; FYROM (Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia); Croatia & Turkey; More; Western Balkan States; Albania
• TURKEY:
  • Progress in Western Balkans & Turkey; Croatia, Turkey & the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia Progress (10/14/09)
  • EU Foreign Policy Chief Solana on Turkey-Armenia Relations Normalization (9/1/09)
  • Key Progress Findings on Croatia, Turkey & Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (fYROM) (11-5-08)
  • EU Enlargement Commissioner Rehn on EU-Turkey Cooperation (11-4-08)
  • EU Boosts Energy Cooperation with Turkey (5-5-08)
  • European Commission President Barroso on EU-Turkey Relations at Bilgi University, Turkey (4-11-08)
  • European Commission President Barroso to Turkish Grand National Assembly (4-10-08)
  • Turkish Constitutional Reform (3-3-08)
  • 10 EU Pre-Accession Aid Programs to Croatia, Turkey & former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (fYROM) (11-29-07)
  • Key Progress on Croatia, FYROM & Turkey (11-6-07)
  • Turkey's Reforms (10-24-07)
  • European Commission President Barroso Congratulates Newly-Elected Turkish President Gul; EU Foreign Policy Chief Solana (8-29-07)
  • EU-Turkey & Energy Policy; Details; Speech; More (6-5-07)
  • EU Council on Turkish Cypriot Community Progress (1-22-07)
  • Women's Rights (12-20-06)
  • EU on Cyprus (12-12-06) 
  • EU-Turkish Civil Society Dialogue (12-7-06)
  • European Commission's Recommendations on Turkey's Accession (11-29-06)
  • Turkey's EU Accession Process (11-27-06)
  • Turkey: Key Findings (11-8-06)
  • Renewed Consensus on Enlargement (11-8-06)
  • "Reforms in Turkey" EU Enlargement Commissioner Rehn (9-26-06)
  • European Parliament Note on Turkey (9-25-06
  • European Parliament's Committee Foreign Affairs Report (9-13-06)
  • Turkey's Membership
• BALKANS:
  • EU on Bosnia & Herzegovina: Operation ALTHEA (1/25/10)
  • Progress in Western Balkans & Turkey; Croatia, Turkey & the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia Progress; Albania, Montenegro, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Serbia & Kosovo Progress (10/14/09) 
  • EU Council on Western Balkans (6-15-09)
  • EU Foreign Policy Chief Solana & US VP Biden's Joint Statement on Bosnia Herzegovina (5-19-09); EU Foreign Policy Chief Solana on Bosnia Herzegovina Visit with US VP Biden (5-20-09)
  • Southeastern Europe Website
  • Montenegro Applies for EU Membership (4-23-09)
  • 2009 Update on Western Balkans' Status (2-3-09) 
  • EU Council on Western Balkans (11-10-08)
  • Key Progress Findings on Croatia, Turkey & Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (fYROM); Key Progress in Kosovo, Albania, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Montenegro, Serbia; 2009 the Year of the Western Balkans (11-5-08)
  • EU-Bosnia-Herzegovina Agreements Fact Sheet (7-1-08)
  • Western Balkans: EU Communication (3-11-08); EU Council (3-10-08)
  • Western Balkans: Communication Text; Transport; Financial Assistance; Visa-Free Travel; Scholarships; Regional Cooperation; Civil Society Support; Emergencies Cooperation (3-5-08) 
  • 10 EU Pre-Accession Aid Programs to Croatia, Turkey & former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (fYROM) (11-29-07) 
  • Key Progress on Croatia, fYROM & Turkey; Key Progress in Kosovo, Albania, Bosnia, Herzegovina, Montenegro, Serbia (11-6-07)
  • EU Insight: The European Union: Doing Its Part in the Western Balkans
  • EU Enlargement Commissioner Rehn Regrets Latest Bosnia-Herzegovina Police Reform Developments (8-31-07)
  • Zagreb Summit: EU-SE Europe Relations; Details (5-8-07); European Commission President Barroso's Speech (5-11-07)
  • Orhid Agreement (2-8-07)
  • EU Council on Western Balkans (1-22-07)
  • Western Balkans in Financial Transition (1-18-07)
  • EU on Western Balkans (1-16-07)
  • Western Balkan Scientific Center to Prepare for EU Legislation (12-15-06)
  • Kosovo & Potential Candidate Countries Albania, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Montenegro, Serbia Key Findings; Croatia, former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia; More (11-8-06)
  • EU Suspends Talks with Serbia; Montenegro; Serbia (5-3-06)

• CROATIA:
  • EU Council on Financial Package for Accession Negotiations with Croatia (12/7/09)
  • Croatia, Turkey & the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia Progress (10/14/09)
  • Key Progress Findings on Croatia, Turkey & Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (fYROM) (11-5-08)
  • EU-Croatia Accession Agreement (2-12-08)
  • 10 EU Pre-Accession Aid Programs to Croatia, Turkey & former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (fYROM) (11-29-07)
  • Key Progress on Croatia, fYROM & Turkey (11-6-07)
  • Croatia's Path to EU (6-5-07)
  • Croatia's Accession (12-1-06)
  • Croatian Judicial Reform (11-30-06)
  • Croatia, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (11-8-06)
• KOSOVO:
  • Albania, Montenegro, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Serbia & Kosovo Progress (10/14/09) 
  • EU Foreign Policy Chief Solana Announces the Start of EULEX Kosovo (12-5-08)
  • Key Progress in Kosovo, Albania, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Montenegro, Serbia (11-5-08)
  • EU-US Kosovo Rule of Law Mission Cooperation; EULEX Kosovo Rule of Law Mission Website (10-22-08)
  • Kosovo Donors Conference; International Community Pledges EUR 1.2 Billion (7-11-08)
  • EU Foreign Policy Chief Solana on Kosovo Violence (3-17-08)
  • EU Foreign Policy Chief Solana Urges Calm Following Belgrade Violence (2-22-08)
  • Serbia's Foreign Minister on Kosovo Independence (2-20-08)
  • EU Foreign Policy Chief Solana-Kosovo PM Thaci Press Conference; Solana with Thaci & Kosovo President Sejdiu (2-20-08)
  • EU Council on Kosovo; EU Foreign Policy Chief Solana; EU-Kosovo Factsheet (2-18-08)
  • EU Foreign Policy Chief Solana on Kosovo (2-17-08)
  • EU Rule of Law Mission Launched (2-16-08)
  • Baden Conference Troika Press Conference (11-28-07)
  • EU Troika Statement on Kosovo (11-20-07)
  • Statement by EU Foreign Policy Chief Solana on Kosovo Elections (11-18-07)
  • Key Progress in Kosovo, Albania, Bosnia, Herzegovina, Montenegro, Serbia (11-6-07)
  • Kosovo: EU on UN Kosovo Proposals; Background (2-2-07)
  • Key Enlargement Findings (11-8-06)
  • EU Enlargement Directorate General on Kosovo  
  • EU Council Website on EU-Kosovo Relations
  • European Commission Liaison Office in Kosovo
• SERBIA:
  • Albania, Montenegro, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Serbia & Kosovo Progress (10/14/09) 
  • Key Progress in Kosovo, Albania, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Montenegro, Serbia (11-5-08)
  • EU on Radovan Karadzic's Transfer to ICTY (International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia), The Hague (7-31-08)
  • EU on Radovan Karadzic's Arrest (7-22-08)
  • EU Stabilization & Association Agreement Signed: EU Foreign Policy Chief Solana (4-29-08)
  • EU Foreign Policy Chief Solana Urges Calm Following Belgrade Violence (2-22-08)
  • Serbia's Foreign Minister on Kosovo Independence (2-20-08)
  • European Commission President Barroso Congratulates Serbian President Tadic on Re-Election; EU Foreign Policy Chief Solana (2-4-08)
  • EU Foreign Policy Chief Solana Praises Serbian Presidential Elections 1st Round (1-21-08)
  • EU-Serbia Relations (11-19-07)
  • Stabilization Association Agreement Signed with Serbia (11-9-07)
  • Key Progress in Kosovo, Albania, Bosnia, Herzegovina, Montenegro, Serbia (11-6-07)
  • Serbia's Progress (10-24-07)
  • EU-Serbia Stabilization & Association Agreement Negotiations Resume; FAQs (6-15-07)
  • EU Resumes Stabilization & Association Agreement Negotiations with Serbia (6-1-07)
  • EU on Serbia & Kosovo (2-12-07)
  • Key Enlargement Findings (11-8-06)
  • EU Suspends Talks with Serbia; Montenegro; Serbia (5-3-06)

• EU Enlargement Directorate General; Impact of 2004 EU Enlargement; Five Years of Enlarged EU: Website 
• Southeastern Europe Website
• EU Regional Policy Directorate General: Instrument for Structural Policies for Pre-Accession (ISPA)
• Council of the EU
• European Parliament; Committee on Foreign Affairs