On Wednesday, the European Commission recommended opening formal membership talks with Ukraine and Moldova. This is a major gesture of support for Kyiv as it battles Russia. It also grants candidate status to Georgia and is to open accession negotiations with Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), once conditions are met. But where do the rest of Western Balkan countries stand?
Over the weekend, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen travelled to Kyiv for the sixth time since the beginning of the Russian invasion in February 2022. Reason for her visit to the Ukrainian capital was the country’s reform progress and its bid for EU membership. The President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky, denied a stalemate in the war with Russia. An enr pool journalist reported from Kyiv.
Europe decides on its space future. Austria reinforces its EU troops in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH). Croatia supports Germany’s EU reform plans.
The euro common currency is over? That is what an excerpt from a TV news report would lead one to believe. However, the clip, which has been shared nearly 3,000 times on African social media, is not what it appears to be. It was pulled from a 2012 fictional report by French channel M6 — part of a “what if?” series. European leaders have not announced the end of the euro.
Over the last weekend, the European Newsroom (enr) joined European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen once again on her sixth visit to the Ukrainian capital Kyiv since the beginning of the Russian invasion in February 2022. Dpa’s Michael Fischer, Sven Käuler and Philipp von Ditfurth were on the ground reporting for the enr-pool.