Central European Initiative

TIRANA - Serbian FM Marko Djuric, who is attending an annual meeting of Central European Initiative (CEI) FMs in Tirana, noted that Serbia's presidency over the organisation - which it assumed on Wednesday - would have a significant impact on topics to be discussed within regional frameworks.

BELGRADE - After a meeting with Hungarian counterpart Laszlo Kover, Serbian Parliament Speaker Ana Brnabic said Hungary had ceded the 2025 Central European Initiative (CEI) chairmanship to the Serbian parliament.

At a joint press conference, Brnabic thanked Kover and said the move was very important for Serbia and its positioning.

"I am happy that after the Bulgarian Presidency of the Council of the EU, the European integration process for the Western Balkans is already irreversible," Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ekaterina Zaharieva said during a meeting with Roberto Antoniene, CEO of the Central European Initiative of the MFA.
 

Prime Minister Viorica Dancila on Monday participated in Zagreb in the opening of the Summit of the heads of gov't with the member states of the Central European Initiative (CEI), an opportunity to announce that Romania is forthright with its preparations for taking over the rotating presidency of the Council of the EU, a Government press release informs..

Secretary of State for Euro-Atlantic bilateral and strategic affairs with Romania's Foreign Ministry (MAE) George Ciamba, attended a ministerial meeting of the Central European Initiative (CEI) in Split on Monday, organised by the annual CEI presidency, currently held by Croatia, according to a MAE press statement.

MINSK - Serbia expects to see additional funds approved at the upcoming Trieste summit for priority projects, Serbia's Acting PM and FM Ivica Dacic said at a meeting of FMs of Central European Initiative (CEI) member states in Minsk on Thursday.

Serbia is working on "various projects on Western Balkans-wide infrastructural networking to become a well-connected, recognizable and competitive region."

Acting PM and Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic said this during the annual meeting of foreign ministers of the Central European Initiative (CEI) in Minsk, Belarus.

Acting PM and Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic will attend the annual meeting of foreign ministers of the Central European Initiative (CEI) in Minsk on Thursday.

The Serbian government announced this on Wednesday, noting that the CEI was established in 1989 through cooperation of four countries - Italy, Austria, the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (SFRJ), and Hungary.

The Central European Initiative, CEI, and the South East Europe Media Organisation, SEEMO, on Thursday awarded Aleksandra Bogdani for her professional achievements as an intrepid reporter covering complex stories of human trafficking, organised crime and child abuse, corruption and national security.

She received the CEI/SEEMO Award for Outstanding Merits.

Foreign Affairs Minister Bogdan Aurescu participated on Monday in Ohrid, Macedonia, in the ministerial meeting of the Central European Initiative (CEI), organised by the CEI Macedonian presidency, the main topics discussed being related to regional developments in South-Eastern Europe, the role and activity of the CEI and the broad regional inter-connectivity.