Directorate-General for Neighbourhood and Enlargement Negotiations

Djuric meets with Koopman

BELGRADE - Serbian FM Marko Djuric met on Monday with Gert Jan Koopman, director general of the European Commission's Directorate-General for Neighbourhood and Enlargement Negotiations, noting that Serbia would by the end of 2027 carry out all reforms necessary for EU accession.

Popowski: EU membership question of timing, hard work

BELGRADE - The W. Balkan nations' EU membership is a question of timing and hard work by the candidate countries, says Maciej Popowski of the EC Directorate-General for Neighbourhood and Enlargement Negotiations.

The EU enlargement strategy for the W. Balkans is "ambitious but realistic", he told reporters.