European Union Association Agreement

BELGRADE - Head of Serbia's team in EU accession negotiations Tanja Miscevic said on Tuesday that screenings for 26 out of 35 chapters in the accession talks have been completed so far.

The European Parliament (EP) approved the EU-Georgia Association Agreement (AA) on Thursday.

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BELGRADE - Serbia understands its obligations in the EU integration process well and will continue to align its positions to those of the EU, says Serbia's chief EU negotiator Tanja Miscevic.

British and German foreign ministers have sent an "open letter" to the people of Bosnia, offering an opportunity to make dramatic progress towards EU membership if their politicians sign up to substantive reforms.

EU states' foreign ministers have given the green light to an arrangement between Russia and the EU under which integration with Ukraine will be postponed for a year.

The European Parliament has given the green light to an Association Agreement with Ukraine setting up a free trade area after 2016.

While the agreement was being debated in Strasbourg, lawmakers in Ukraine also held discussions on the document, with both institutions having planned to pass it simultaneously.

Instead of moving towards stabilization and normalcy, the situation in Ukraine seems to drift from bad to worse, Senate Speaker Calin Popescu-Tariceanu said at the end of his meeting this Thursday with Georgian Minister of Foreign Affairs Maia Pandjikidze.

Senate has approved on Thursday the bill on ratifying the Association Agreement between the European Union and the European Community of Atomic Energy and their member states, on one hand, and the Republic of Moldova, on the other hand.

New association agreements the European Union has signed with Moldova, Ukraine and Georgia will make long-term contributions to peace and stability in the region and around the continent, according to Turkey.

The Government convenes on Saturday, in an extraordinary meeting to approve the draft law on the ratification of the Association Agreement between the Republic of Moldova and the EU and for the approved of an ordinance concerning Iasi-Ungheni gas pipeline.