The president of the European Council, Herman Van Rompuy, said Montenegro is likely to become the EU's 29th member.

Enlargement Commissioner repeats that Belgrade and Pristina must normalise ties - but Serbia's diplomatic recognition of Kosovo is not crucial to its EU integration.

Croatia will be divided statistically into two regions from next year, instead of three, to better exploit EU funds worth almost 14 billion euro by 2020, the government announced.

Croatia's top foreign policy priority is the ratification of its EU accession treaty, a process it expects will be completed by year's end, Foreign Minister Vesna Pusic said.

New survey shows that support for EU membership has now dropped below 50 per cent - but the percentage of those opposed to EU membership has also dropped, presenting a mixed picture overall.

Most Bulgarians do not trust their own government to efficiently fight corruption, which is why they want European monitoring to continue, survey shows.

Serbia moved down the list of countries of origin for asylum seekers in the EU in 2011, descending from third to fifth position, compared to the year before.

Young Bosnians with Croatian passports will have new opportunities to work in Europe after Croatia joins the EU in July - but some regard this privilege with mixed feelings.

Europe should not offer Belgrade a start date for talks until it offers its own minorities the same privileges it demands for the Serbs in Kosovo.

Three upcoming reports will help determine the EU prospects of Kosovo, Serbia and Macedonia; of the three, the latter is causing by far the most concern.

The media campaign against Bulgarian and Romanian immigrants plumbs new depths each week. Who would have guessed this country once put Bulgaria on a pedestal?