Western Balkan

According to reports, the goal of the document is to block Kosovo.

In order to prevent regional instability, "a more vigorous Western Balkan strategy led by Washington is urgently needed."

That is according to senior fellow at the Center for European Policy Analysis in Washington Janusz Bugajski, who penned a piece for online journal Europe's Edge, cited by the European Western Balkans and Tanjug.

That is according to senior fellow at the Center for European Policy Analysis in Washington Janusz Bugajski, who penned a piece for online journal Europes Edge, cited by the European Western Balkans and Tanjug.

The US Defense Secretary with the concurrence of the Secretary of State is to submit a report to Congress looking at security cooperation between Moscow and Western Balkan countries.

BRUSSELS - EU foreign policy and security chief Federica Mogherini on Monday called on all Western Balkan partners to "accelerate essential reforms to deliver on their citizens' expectations and take concrete steps towards EU integration."

"Relations between the two states are based on friendly, ancient and deep ties, marked very strongly by brotherhood in arms, which united the two nations during the First World War, and consolidated our friendship," Macron wrote in the letter, quoted by the office of the president who earlier in the day received France's new ambassador to Serbia Frederic Mondoloni, the agency said.

The European Investment Bank has invested EUR 5 billion.

EU Delegation to Serbia chief Sem Fabrizi said at an Investing in the European Future of the Western Balkans conference on Dec. 8 that EUR 200 million had been invested a year since the beginning of the negotiating process, or EUR 3 billion over 15 years.

"We are one nation with two sovereign states. Both of our states have one dream, they have one goal, integration into Euro-Atlantic institutions," Thaci said at a ceremony marking 105 years since the proclamation of independence of Albania, and Albanian National Flag Day, Beta has reported.

Joska Broz spoke on the anniversary of the founding of the former state, where November 29 was celebrated as Republic Day.

He told Belgrade-based TV Pink that "nobody asked the people whether or not they wanted Yugoslavia to break up - it was a decision made by several powerful figures."

BRUSSELS - European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker expects Serbia to join the EU even before 2025.

I think that Serbia and Montenegro "will be members of the European Union before 2025," Juncker said in response to a Tanjug question about the strategy for the two countries' EU accession.

Borisov: Now is the right opportunity for Western Balkans