Montenegro should start membership EU negotiations next month, the Enlargement Commissioner said, promising that the EU will continue to accept new members.

The EU launched on Tuesday a study to determine whether Kosovo is ready to sign a Stabilization and Association Agreement, the first step on the long road to Brussels.

Albania on Wednesday signed a series of agreements with the German KfW Bank Group, aimed at improving water and sewage systems in several cities.

Croatia has appointed its first Members of the European parliament, who will immediately have the right to participate in sessions but not to vote until Croatia joins the EU next July.

Croatia's parliament, the Sabor, unanimously ratified the country's EU Accession Treaty on Friday, 14 months before Croatia is due to join the European club as its 28th member.

British Prime Minister says Serbia merits getting a start date for accession talks if it continues on its current path.

By obtaining EU candidate status, Serbia has sent an important signal - but the real test will be the membership negotiations, as they will require a deeper transformation of society.

While polls show a majority of voters will back joining the European club on January 22, the ‘No’ camp still believes there is everything to play for.

Croatia’s entry into the European Union could trigger a trade blockade with Bosnia that would mean losses of millions of euro to Bosnian farmers.

As Brussels pressures Bucharest to improve living conditions for its Roma population, thousands of euros paid by the EU and Romanian government to do just that appears to have been wasted on inflated salaries and exorbitant rents and expenses, BIRN can reveal.