Foreign relations of Croatia

European deputies might call on the European Commission to reinstate the visa regime for US citizens, reported Ekonomik.bg.

The purpose is to encourage Washington to abolish visas required for the citizens of Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Poland and Romania.

BELGRADE - Ministers from 15 European countries have agreed to come up with new measures to ensure that the so-called Western Balkans route to the European Union remains shut for migrants.

Ivica Dacic expects Serbia to open Chapter 26 in its EU accession talks in January or February.

The first deputy PM and foreign minister also believes the country will be ready to open more than ten chapters in 2017.

The National Assembly of Serbia on Thursday passed a bill ratifying an agreement on the establishment of the Western Balkans Fund.

Its aim is to "strengthen ties and encouraging the European integration of Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Kosovo, Macedonia and Serbia," Tanjug has reported.

VIENNA - The European peace project will not be complete without the Western Balkan nations becoming EU member states, Austrian Foreign Minister Sebastian Kurz said on Sunday.

Responding to citizens' questions via a video message, Kurz said there were many countries that were in accession negotiations with the EU.

VIENNA - The European peace project will not be complete without the Western Balkan nations becoming EU member states, Austrian Foreign Minister Sebastian Kurz said on Sunday.

Responding to citizens' questions via a video message, Kurz said there were many countries that were in accession negotiations with the EU.

Ivica Dacic, first deputy PM and foreign minister in Serbia's caretaker government, was in Paris on Tuesday for a meeting the Berlin Process foreign ministers.

The meeting in Paris "discussed current political issues in the Western Balkans, strengthening of regional cooperation, solving the issue of migration and security issues," Tanjug reported, quoting the Serbian MFA.

STRASBOURG - Member of the European Parliament (EP) and Vice President of the 'Friends of Serbia' EP group Franc Bogovic Monday expressed the hope that current candidates for membership in the European Union - Serbia, Montenegro, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Macedonia, Albania and Kosovo - would all be admitted to the European family by the end of 2020.
    

Coordinated positions of Bulgaria and Croatia, as well as countries in Central and Eastern Europe, are key to addressing common challenges facing the EU, Bulgaria's Foreign Minister Daniel Mitov has said during a meeting with his Croatian counterpart Miro Kovac.

Croatia's new Foreign Minister, Miro Kovac, has made his first official visit to neighbouring Hungary, with which Croatia has had troubled relations in the recent past.