Regionalism

The European Union will introduce stricter controls on its external borders, the head of its executive said on Wednesday, as the bloc looks for ways to assuage widespread concerns among its citizens over immigration and security.

The Sofia metro is "an exemplary project" of transparent and effective use of EU structural funds, city mayor Yordanka Fandakova has said during visits to metro sites with Markku Markkula, President of the European Committee of the Regions.

‘Lega Nord’ apolitical party based in northern Italy Northern Italy, which campaigns for the independence of the north from the south of the country has a strong supporter base. The voters of “Lega Nord’ (League of the North) are proponents of Regionalism, Federalism and anti-immigration. They often pull stunts like in the video to express their opposition to the EU and globalization.

BELGRADE - A three-day regional conference on the monitoring of EU guidelines for the support to civil society organizations (CSOs), which started in Belgrade on Tuesday, aims to promote increased citizen involvement in policy making and the participation of CSOs in the EU accession process.

BELGRADE - Countries in the region need to set up a higher level of cooperation because only together can they act as an important factor in Europe and the EU, states one of the conclusions reached at the 10th conference of the European integration committees from the countries in the Stabilisation and Association process for South East Europe which is taking place in the Serbian parliament.

"Croatia will block Serbia at cost of self-isolation"

BRUSSELS -- Croatia has suffered a defeat in the EP in its efforts to use amendments to a resolution on Serbia to impose conditions for the country's EU integration.

BRUSSELS - European Parliament rapporteur for Serbia David McAllister said on Wednesday a record number of amendments to his proposed resolution had been submitted, but that it would not pose a threat to Serbia's EU integration.

BELGRADE - Serbia's Minister without Portfolio in charge of European integration Jadranka Joksimovic talked Friday with the French Parliament's foreign affairs committee chairwoman Elisabeth Guigou about Serbia's European integration and ways to improve bilateral relations between the two countries.

Kelemen Hunor continues to support centralism, candidate in presidential elections on behalf of The Hungarian People's Party of Transylvania (PPMT) Szilagyi Zsolt said in Oradea on Monday.