Croatia
Croatia will become the 28th member of the European Union by July 1, 2013
June 24, 2011By Larisa Muntean/ Chişinău / Moldova.ORG/ --EU leaders reached an understanding that regards the completion of negotiations with Croatia on joining EU. ITAR-TASS reported in reference to the European diplomatic source which provided information to...
Croatia cleared for EU membership in 2013
June 11, 2011Croatia has been given the go-ahead to become a member of the European Union, and is likely to join in 2013, the European Commission has said. Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso said he would recommend EU nations wrap up talks and prepare to greet...
The Irish 'Yes' Brings Hope to Europe and to the Balkans
October 08, 2009By Ivan Vejvoda The European Union has accomplished a crucial step toward its further institutional consolidation by making the final steps to ratify the Lisbon Treaty. On October 2, 3 million Irish voters helped decide the future of Europe’s institutional...
Moldovan election body refuses to accredit Georgian observers
July 28, 2009Eleven Georgian observers who arrived in Moldova to monitor the snap parliamentary election were stopped at the airport on 27 July and told that they should return to Tbilisi on the first flight the next morning as the Central Electoral Commission (CEC...
Croatia Given 2009 Goal To Finish Accession Negotiations
November 06, 2008The European Commission has issued an encouraging report on prospects for Croatia's accession to the European Union. But the report also says that the former Yugoslav republic must continue with its preparations if it is to become a member soon. The...
Former prime minister of Croatia dies
May 01, 2007Ivica Racan, who led Croatia's first pro-Western government between 2000 and 2003, died on April 29. Local and international media reported that the 63-year-old died of a cancer that had spread over the past three months from his kidney to his brain....
Croatia one step from shedding war crimes as hot issue
December 31, 2006By Boris Raseta, dpa Zagreb -- With one foot at the threshold of the European Union (EU), Croatia is still struggling to pull the other one from the quagmire of the "Homeland War," which ended 11 years ago. Croats see the 1991-199...